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OFFICIAL
NOTICES
Summer Press Club
The Summer Press Club will
meet on the steps of the YMCA
at 6:15 Wednesday evening for
the last regular meeting of the ses
sion.
Jack Decker,
President.
Senior Rings
Students who have not taken up
their A. & M. class rings will please
come by the Registrar’s Office and
get their ring as we are getting
ready to close our books for the
fiscal year 1940-41 and all rings
not taken up by the 25th will be
returned to the engravers.
H. L. Heaton,
Act. Registrar.
WANTED: One ride to Balti
more, Maryland (round-trip or one
way). Would like to leave at the
end of summer school. Willing to
share expenses. Phone Harry H.
Lutz, American Legion Hall, or
Box 2534, College.
FOR SALE — Cocker Spaniel
puppies, registered A.K.C. males
and females. W. S. Edmonds,
Phone 4-7324.
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of the Purdue University college
of engineering, are scheduled.
On October 25 morning forums
will consider the uses and misuses
of tests in school, business, and in
dustry, and a special round table
on women’s employment will be
conducted by Miss Laura Murray,
University expert on industrial
teacher-training.
REMODELING
SALE
Men’s Suits
$17.75 Palm Beach $13.95
$25.00 Suits $19.95
$29.50 Suits $23.95
$35.00 Suits $27.95
$40.00 Suits $31.95
Sport Shirts
$1.00 Sport Shirts 79^
$1.65 Sport Shirts $1.29
$1.95 Sport Shirts $1.55
$2.50 Sport Shirts $1.95
Slack Suits
$3.95 Slack Suits $3.15
$4.95 Slack Suits $4.85
$6.95 Slack Suits $5.45
$7.95 Slack Suits $6.35
$9.95 Slack Suits $7.95
Sport Shoes
$4.00 Fortune $2.95
$5.00 Edgerton..... $3.95
$8.50 Nunn-Bush $6.85
$2.50 Canvas Sport $1.85
Shirts
$1.65 Shirts $1.29
$1.95 Shirts $1.55
$2.00 Shirts $1.65
$2.50 Shirts $1.95
Stop in and save on Qual
ity Merchandise . . . .
You’ll find many splendid
values that are not listed
here.
riTaldrop&<a
“Two Convenient Stores”
CoUege Station Bryan
Deferred Draft Registrants Urged
To Assist in State and Local Defense
All Selective Service registrants
in Texas who have been deferred
from military service were urged
by General J. Watt Page, State
Director, to offer their full assist
ance to State and local civilian de
fense agencies.
Many young men have been
granted deferments because of
their occupations, because they have
dependents, or because they are
not physically capable of under
going service in the armed forces,
General Page said. Nevertheless,
he added, they are qualified to per
form some work in connection with
civilian defense activities and
should offer their services to ex
isting agencies or those which are
being organized.
Aid in Emergencies
By granting certain men defer
ment, Congress, when it adopted
the Selective Training and Service
Act of 1940, gave no indication
that it intended to excuse these
men from the obligation which
rests upon every young man—that
of helping his country in times of
emergency, General Page pointed
out. Every man is expected to do
his share, in one way or another,
when a crisis threatens the na
tional security, he said.
“Many of our young men have
entered the armed fprces, leav
ing at home others who for one
reason or another have had their
military training deferred. Those
who remain owe it to those who
have been called and owe it to their
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will be released. This list will in
clude the corps staff, regimental
and battalion commanders. Or
ganization commanders, executive
officers, and acting first sergeants
are also included on the first pro
motion list.
Gillis will retain his position on
the Student Publications board. He
was elected to this position during
his sophomore year. Gabriel, as edi
tor of The Battalion, will also be
come a member of the Student
Publications board.
—SOFTBALL—
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9, Faculty 8; Campus Cleaners 10,
N. G. Project House 4; Aggie
Cleaners 3, Campus Theater 1;
Campus Cleaners 9, Campus Thea
ter 0; Faculty 4, N. G. Project
House 0; and Aggie Cleaners 3,
Seaboard Life 2.
The league standing at the con
clusion of last Friday’s games
and including the tied games as
one-half game won and one-half
game lost was as
follows:
Team—
W
L
T
Pet.
Aggie Cleaners ...
6
2
0
.750
Campus Cleaners
5
2
1
.688
Faculty
3
3
2
.500
Seaboard Life
4
4
0
.500
Campus Theater
2
5
1
.313
N. G. P. House
2
6
0
.250
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Substantial reduction on
all summer furniture and
fiber rugs.
McCulloch-Dansby
Co.
Complete Home Furnishers
Bryan Phone 2-5164
country to help in its defense when
and wherever they are needed.
Civilian Defense
“They can do their part by of
fering their services in the inter
ests of civilian defense. In the very
near future almost every commu
nity will be engaged in civilian de
fense activities. Such activities,
of course, cover a wide range and
should include tasks for all young
men who are deferred from mili
tary training.”
No young man should shirk his
responsibility if it is humanly pos
sible for him to take part in the
increasing civilian defense activi
ties, General Page said.
Employers
Urged to Give
Jobs to WPA Men
State Work Projects Adminis
trator H. P. Drought today urged
private employers to help reduce
the vast reservoir of jobless Tex
ans to whom the drastically cur
tailed WPA program can offer
slight hope of employment.
Of the 150,644 Texas family
heads whose certified destitution
makes them eligible for WPA em
ployment, only 58,150 can be em
ployed- on WPA’s limited budget.
Seasonal agricultural employment
and other temporary work are
currently providing jobs for an
additional 37,700 men and women
from the WPA certified case load.
But 54,377 of the necessitous
workers are idle, Drought pointed
out, and few of them have a chance
for WPA employment in the near
future.
“It is a curious and pathetic
paradox,” he declared, “that at a
time when defense employment and
the selective service act are sup
posed to be draining the labor
market, there still remain 150,000
men and women in Texas who are
willing to grasp any reasonable
job offered but who can find so
few jobs in private industry.”
Every man and woman at work
on WPA projects and every person
awaiting assignment to projects is
ready today to take any decent
job offered, Drought emphasized.
Bulking large in the WPA case
load are 127,000 unskilled workers
for whom few jobs in defense in
dustries are available. More than
one-fourth of them are women who
are the primary wage-earners for
their family groups. A substantial
number of the workers are above
the age limit imposed by many
private contractors and many have
minor physical handicaps which
bar them from some types of em
ployment.
WPA is tackling the problem
with an expanded program of
training and reemployment,
Drought said, estimating that on
the rolls there are 15,000 men qual
ified for special training which will
equip them for defense industry
jobs. Already 1,600 such trainees
are attending vocational classes
and more than 900 have graduated
into private employment.
“But WPA can not do the job
single-handed,” he continued. “Un
less private employers extend some
hope to this great mass of needy
and willing workers, thousands of
Texans are doomed to continued
idleness and slow starvation. Every
person on our rolls is listed with
the Texas State Employment
Service which has offices through
out Texas. Any employer needs
only to make his wishes known to
this qualified public employment
agency and our rolls will be open
to him.”
Certified workers immediately
available for private employment
are distribtued by WPA districts
as follows: Marshall district, 16,-
245; Dallas district, 18,906; Hous
ton district, 12,192; Fort Worth
district, 12,757; Waco district, 11,-
909; Austin district, 8,837; San
Antonio district, 11,533; Laredo
district, 6,260; Amarillo district,
2,794; Lubbock district, 3,280; San
Angelo district, 5,007; El Paso
district, 1,401.
—A & M CLUB—
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BUDGET PLAN
REPAIRS — TIRES, ETC.
On
EASY PAYMENTS
BRYAN MOTOR COMPANY
headed by W. T. McDonald, chair
man; S. A. “Doc” Lipscomb; and
W. R. McCullough was appointed.
Any former student of the A. &
M. College of Texas now residing
in Brazos County is urged to be
come a member of the new local or
ganization by contacting H. L.
Heaton, secretary-treasurer of the
group and Registrar of the Col
lege. Other officers of the club
are P. L. Downs, Jr., president, and
Martell Dansby, J. T. McDonald,
and C. H. McDowell, vice-presi
dents.
THE BATTALION
Aviation Cadet Takes Last
Ride Before Advanced Course
Winging high above the Texas
plains, an Aviation Cadet at the
“West Point of the Air” takes a
last ride in his low wing training
plane before moving on to an ad
vanced flying school for the final
ten weeks of the Air Corps stu
dent pilot training course. Gradu
ating from an elementary flying
school ten weeks ago after master
ing the rugged primary training
airplane, this future officer pilot
has since logged 70 hours aloft
in the powerful plane he now
flies and is ready for the single
and multi-engined advanced train
ers. Randolph Field’s eighth Avia
tion Cadet Class for 1941, 315
strong, graduates form this famed
basic flying school on August 16,
and late in October these student
pilots will be ready to take their
places as flying officers of the
Army Air Forces.
Every five weeks finds new
classes of American youths between
the ages of 20 and 26 entering the
30-week course, destined to become
military pilots. High school and
college graduates are eligible for
this training if they are unmar
ried and have normal good health.
Two years of college excuses the.
applicant from the educational ex
amination.
To the $75 a month, plus uni
forms and equipment, quarters and
food, medical and dental care, has
been added a $10,000 life insur
ance policy in effect during train
ing and, at gradaution, a uniform
allowance of $150. As a young
officer, the flyer receives $205 a
month, plus quarters, or $245 in
lieu of quarters. If he returns
to civil life after his tour of ac
tive duty, he is paid a bonus of
$500 for each year which he served
as a flying officer.
Former Soldier
Barbecues Meat In
East Indian Style
In the various seasons of the
year Americans eat different
things. For instance at Thanks
giving and Christmas we generally
eat turkey, at Easter we eat ham
and on Independence Day we gen
erally consume at least a little
barbecued meat of one form or
another.
King Cotton
Comes to Rescue
In Silk Shortage
College Station Women Atten
tion! Maybe the Japanese boycott
isn’t so bad after all. The Bureau
of Home Economics of the Depart
ment of Agriculture announces that
more than 150 different cotton
stockings designs now are avail
able. This is a result of investi
gation by the bureau at this Belts-
ville, Maryland research center.
Three years ago Congress ap
propriated funds for the investiga
tion of the use of cotton for wom
en’s hosiery.
According to Dora R. Barnes,
specialist in clothing for the A. &
M. College Extension Service, the
designs vary from cotton web mesh
for evening wear to plain knits in
various weights for sports wear,
and for around the house and gar
den. Several are in production
and more will be soon. They are
produced on a modern full-fash
ioned knitting machine and under
go severe laboratory and “field”-
tests for wearability, washability
and appearance.
Surveys made in 1940 showed
that 89 percent of the 16,200 full-
fashioned knitting machines in the
United States are suitable for
knitting cotton as well as silk,
■\yhile only 47 percent can handle
nylon yarns. Last year, American
women bought more than 43,000,-
000 dozen pairs of full-fashioned
stockings. If these had been made
from cotton, it is estimated that
nearly 300,000 bales of long-staple
fibre would have been required.
—CUSTODIANS—
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Public Schools; L. B. Abbey, busi
ness manager of schools, Port
Arthur; Capt. George Schauer,
state department of public safety,
Austin; V. M. Ehlers, director of
division of sanitary engineering,
•State Board of Health, Austin;
Gus Herzik, first assistant to chief
engineer (Sanitary Engineer Divi
sion) State Board of Health, Aus
tin; Watler Gutzeit, sanitary engi
neer, Crane Company, San An
tonio.
This past week-end the oddest
and most unique method of bar
becuing meat occurred. It seems
that the person in charge of the
preparation of the meat was once
in the forces of the English Army
in India and got the idea from the
natives there.
3000 pounds of meat was order
ed from the packing house, most
of which would have made a good
cut of roast. This meat was in
chunks weighing from 30 to 50
pounds, depending on the size of
the animal from which it was cut.
The meat was unpacked and thor
oughly seasoned especially with
pepper as the meat was to be
given away and part of the ex
pense was to come from the selling
of cold drinks. The meat was then
wrapped in thick manilla paper and
the paper securely tied so that it
would not come off.
This was then wrapped in bur
lap and this wrapping was also
tied. These parcels which were be
ginning to get rather bulky were
then wet thoroughly with cold
water and thrown on a bed of
coals which had been placed in
the bottom of a pit. Sand was im
mediately thrown over the pit and
the meat thoroughly covered so
that no smoke, fire nor meat could
be seen.
Sixteen hours later the sand was
removed, the meat dug out, and
served to some six thousand an
xious and hungry people. The meat
was thoroughly done and even the
most toothless of the multitude
could easily consume his portion
and fall in line for seconds.
Much of our cake coloring, dyes,
and cosmetic rouge comes from a
scale insect, Coccus cacti, which se
cretes Cochineal, the color pig
ment.
Professor of cardiovascularrenal
diseases and professor of otorinol-
aryngeology are among the titles of
professors in U. S. medical schools.
A fly, Criorhina kincaidi, has
aped the bumble bee (for protective
purposes) so thoroughly, that only
close observation shows the dif
ference.
-WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1941
Jobs Everywhere! Government Needs
Trained Engineers for Defense Work
Business is booming! Evidence
of this statement is found in the
announcement that the United
States Government through the
medium of the Civil Service Com
mission is preparing to hire more
trained engineers. Vacancies now
exist for the position of Junior In
spector, Signal Corps Equipment,
$2,000 a year; Engineers $3,800 a
year; Associate Engineers, $3,200
a year; and Assistant Engineers,
$2,600 a year.
Applicants for the position of
Inspector of Signal Corps Equip
ment must have completed a full
four-year course in Electrical or
Radio Enginering at a practical
experience in inspectional and/or
testing work in connection with
Signal Corps Equipment, Radio,
Telephone, Telegraph, and power
units, assemblies, sub-assemblies
and component parts to determine
compliance with specifications.
Applicants for the positions of
Engineer mentioned must have
completed a full four-year course
leading to a bachelor degree in
engineering and in addition must
have had five years, three years
and two years respectively of pro
fessional engineering experience.
Persons who have not completed a
full four-year course at a college
or university of recognized stand
ing may substitute experience year
for year for the education which is
lacking, which substitution must
be in addition to the five years,
Texas REA Co-ops
Granted Loans To
Extend Electricity
Six Texas REA cooperatives re
cently have been granted loans to
extend electric services to rural
families in the state.
Loans were granted to the Kauf
man County Electric Cooperative
of Kaufman to build 113 miles of
line serving 350 members in Kauf
man, Van Zandt, Hunt and Hen
derson counties; Hill County Elec
tric Cooperatives of Itasca to build
54 miles of line serving 132 mem
bers in Dallas, Ellis, Hill and Mc
Lennan counties; Hunt-Collin
Electric Cooperative of Greenville
to build 47 miles of line serving
144 members in Hunt and Collin
counties.
Lyntegar Electric Coloperative
of Tahoka to build 208 miles serv
ing 534 members in Borden, Daw
son, Garza, Hockley, Lubbock,
Lynn, Martin, Terry and Fort Bel
knap Electric Cooperative of Olney
to build 208 miles serving 389
members in Throckmorton, Young,
Archer and Shackleford counties;
$1,300,000 to the Brazos River
Transmission Electric Cooperative
of Fort Worth.
In addition, the Wood County
Electric Cooperative of Quitman
has been alloted $2,000 for relend
ing to individual farmers to finance
installation of wiring and plumbing
and purchases of electrical appli
ances and equipment.
A University of Michigan scien
tist has unearthed evidence which
indicates that the first barbecue
was held 1,100 years ago.
3 years or 2 years experience men
tioned. Persons who have had ex
perience on irrigation projects are
particularly desired at this time
by the various departments of the
Federal Government.
Appointments to these positions
are being made from day to day
and immediate appointments will
be made until the needs of the
service are met. An excellent op
portunity is afforded qualified
persons to be of assistance to the
Federal Government in connection
with the National Defense Pro
gram in connection with these posi
tions. Qualified persons are urged
to see the Secretary of the Board
of U. S. Civil Service Examinei'S
at the Post Office immediately and
secure the necessary application
blanks and forms. Detailed infor
mation regarding these positions
may also be secured from the
Secretary at the Post Office.
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Frigidaire
Continuous Showing sched
ule Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
150 Matinee — 200 Night
TODAY & TOMORROW
Double Feature
“Intermezzo”
With
LESLIE HOWARD
INGRID BERGMAN
“King Of The Turf”
With ADOLPH MENJOU
Also
Henry Bussed
Orchestra
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
Double Feature
“Vernon And Irene
Castle”
With
FRED ASTAIRE
GINGER ROGERS
“Gaucho Serenade”
With GENE AUTRY
Also
PORKY PIG — NEWS
PREYUE SAT. NIGHT
At Midnight
SUNDAY, MONDAY
Starring
DON AMECHE, BETTY
GRABLE, ROBERT CUM
MINGS, CAROL LANDIS
Also
CARTOON - SHORT - NEWS
On Saturday Night, Feature will
start a few minutes after midnight
—after the Juke Box Prom.
SUMMER STUDENTS
Avoid the school opening rush by completing
your uniform requirements now.
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