TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1942-
THE BATTALION
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Texas Draftees Receive Books From
Army Telling About U S Military Life
Every Texas registrant selected
for induction in the, Army now is
receiving a booklet telling him
exactly what the Army expects
of him and what it offers to him,
General J. Watt Page, State Se
lective Service Director, annonunc-
ed today.
Supplies of this booklet, which
is entitled “The Army and You”
and was prepared by the War De
partment in cooperation with Na
tional Selective Service Head-
Shell Shocked? Stop
Listening to a Radio
Austin, Texas—(AGP)—Ghost
stories, murder mysteries, and other
similar radio “air raids” may not
be as deadly as aerial torpedoes,
but they can “shell shock” teen
age school youths and one Uni
versity of Texas radio expert is
out to measure that effect.
Following up several other radio
school surveys conducted last
year, Dr. A. L. Chapman, direc
tor of the university’s bureau of
research in education by radio, has
announced a state-wide check-up
will be made to discover person
ality difficuties in 2,000 Texas
eighth and ninth graders which
make it inadvisable for them to
listen to' certain excitement-pro
ducing broadcasts.
quarters, have been received at
State Headquarters, General Page
said, and allocated to local boards
for distribution to their selectees.
The booklet cotnains only 14
pages, 6 by 9 inches in dimensions,
and is a convenient size for the
selectee to carry with him. The
valuable information provided for
the “rookie” soldier is indicated by
the following subtitles:
“In the American Spirit”; “What
the Army Expects of You and
“What the Army Offers You”;
“Teamwork is Essential”; “Mili
tary Courtesy”; “Your Health and
Your Equipment Must Be Well Car
ed For”; “Good Food—and Plenty
of It”; “The Chaplain Is the Friend
of Every Soldier”; “Promotion Re
wards Duty Well Done”; “Thein
duction Station”; “The Reception
Center”; “Classification and As
signment”; “Your Family is Kept
Informed of Your Progress”; “The
Replacement Training Center.”
The cover page shows American
soldiers on the march and the con
tents include inspiring messages
from President Franklin D. Roose
velt, Secretary of War Stimson,
General George C. Marshall, Chief
of Staff of the United States
Army, and John J. Pershing, Gen
eral of the Armies of the United
States, together with a quotation
from Theodore Roosevelt.
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Texas
Submitted by FRANK J. RICHARDSON
Dept, of Ag. Eco.—“Principles of Advertising”
Tuesday’s Programs
11:25 a. m.—Excursions in
Science
11:40 a. m.—Interlude
11:45 a. m.—The Woman Speaks
—Miss Mary Hester Harrison
11:55 a. m.—The Town Crier and
Battalion Newscast
12:00 noon—Sign-off.
Wednesday’s Programs
11:25 a. m.—Life for Wildlife
(United States Department of In
terior)
11:40 a. m.—Diminutive Class
ics
11:55 a. m.—The Town Crier and
Battalion Newscast.
12:00 noon—Sign-off.
Thursday’s Programs
11:25 a. m.—The Regular Army
Is On the Air (War Department)
11:40 a. m.—Martin vs. Shaw
(Radio Speaking Class)
11:55 a. m.—The Town Crier and
Battalion Newscast
12:00 noon—Sign-off.
Friday’s Programs
11:25 a. m.—Federal Music Pro
gram (Works Progress Adminis
tration)
11:40 a. m.—Music From Many
Lands.
11:55 a. m.—The Town Crier and
Battalion Newscast
12:00 noon—Sign-off. f
4:30 - 5:30 p. m.—THE AGGIE
CLAMBAKE.
Students May
Sign for First
Aid Instructions
Two first aid courses will be giv
en to train members of the cadet
corps to handle minor injuries
in case of an air attack or any
similar event which might cause
undue injury to the students. A
twenty hour course nets a stu
dent a certificate for having pass
ed the standard first aid course. An
advanced instifuctor’s certificate
may be obtained after an addition
al 15 bourse work.
Anyone interested in this work
should contact LeRoy Brown in
D-12 Hart for further information
or to register in the course. The
course will be under the direction
of W. L. Penberthy and Carl
Tishler, instructors in the physical
education department.
The course as now planned will
not be given for college credit. The
civilian defense committee needs
personnel to man each of the first
aid stations and a student pro
ficient in first aid for each dorm
itory. Men to fill these positions
will be taken from a list of those
completing this course which will
begin January 26.
America’s Defense Effort Changes To
A War Effort as Nation Makes Ready
Emergency Health
Measures Outlined
By State Officer
By The State Health Dept.
Austin, Texas.—Outlining the
immediate steps being taken in
emergency health measures for
national defense, Dr. George W.
Cox, State Health Officer, who is
acting as Chairman of Defense
Health and Emergency Medical
Care, today announced that the
Offices of Civilian Defense are
working in close collaboration with
the American Red Cross and have,
now available, seven types of de
fense work training courses.
In those lines of work closely
allied with emergency medical care,
those considered most important
and which have therefore been giv
en precedence in organization, are
first aid training, nurses’ aides
training, canteen service, motor
corps, home nursing, disaster re
lief, and home service to assist with
the problems of families of the
men in uniform.
Since there has been some con
fusion concerning the proper pro
cedure for enrolling in civilian de
fense work, Dr. Cox emphasized the
fact that County Judges and
Mayors throughout the state are
acting as defense coordinators and
advised all who wish to enroll to
communicate with these officials
for full information.
Training will be available to all
who wish to register, Dr. Cox
stated, and workers will be assign
ed to those duties which they pre
fer, and for which they are best
fitted.
A nine-student campus commis
sion has been named at New York
State College for Teachers to draft
regulations designed to keep the
campus clean and orderly.
General J. Watt Page, State Se
lective Service Director, announced
the return to headquarters of
Laison Officers Col. Dwight Hor
ton, Lt. Commander James P.
Crowder, and Captain George S.
Nalle, from the Southern Confer
ence of the O.P.M. Labor Supply
Branch at New Orleans. The meet
ing was conducted by Lt. Col.
Joseph F. Battley, Army Repre
sentative of the Under-Secretary of
War.
In reporting to General Page
on the conference, Colonel Horton
stated:
Pearl Harbor and War
“The theme of the meeting was
the effect of Pearl Harbor and War
on labor supply and production.
“One thing was driven home to
all of us with clear and unmis
takable insistence: Heretofore, we
have all been working in a defense
effort. Now we are working in
a war effort. Heretofore, cooper
ation has been asked in prepara
tion for an emergency. But now
the emergency is here. War de
mands that cooperation.
. “With the destruction caused by
the first bomb on Cahu, there were
also destroyed all the policies by
which we have been guided in
peacetime preparation. Gone is
our limited need for military man
power! Gone is our limited need
for industrial manpower! Gone,
too, is our generous approach to
Selective Service!
Changes Must Occur
“Practices which yesterday were
acceptable under our methods of
industrial competition are today
nothing short of treasonable. They
no longer fit into our situation.
“Specifically, there are three
things that must be done: (1) Ex
pand production; (2) Revise em
ployment standards; and (3) Co
operate fully with existing govern
mental agencies.
“Colonel Battley emphasized that
expanding production means more
than casual step-up in output* He
stressed that men and women in
America will work in greater num
bers and longer and harder than
ever before in our history—and
they will start immediately.
“By revising employment, stand
ards the nation faces the realiza
tion that industry can no longer
compete with the armed forces for
physically fit young men, it was
pointed out. Men beyond the ages
needed by the armed forces, men
unable to pass Army and Navy
physical examinations, and women
—many women—must replace the
physically fit men who will be go
ing into the Army and Navy.
“Existing governmental agencies
are already, by Presidential order,
being geared to highest efficiency
for the cooperation which is de
manded by the American war ef
fort.
“Our Nation has entered into a
war against the Axis powers.
Everything must be subordinated
to the production of ships, tanks,
planes, guns and ammunition, and
the furnishing of men to the
armed forces. Nothing must inter
fere with these two objectives—
men and the sinews of war.
Production to Jump
“The production of ships, tanks,
planes, guns and ammunition will
immediately go on a 24 hour, 7
days per week schedule. The re
cruitment for labor of this increas
ing production is a challenge of our
Nation. The workers for addi
tional shifts must come from the
older age groups and men other
wise unsuitable for the armed
forces. Women, too, in ever in
creasing numbers, must take their
places in production lines to re
lease men for our fighting forces.
“Since Pearl Harbor there is
no such things as being ahead of
producing the sinews of war. Our
concepts of ‘Business as Usual’
must be revised. We must sacri-
roquirements of our Nation in this
requirements o four Nation in this
supreme struggle.”
Polish Shoes; Aid in Nations
Preparations to Claim Final Victory
With this nation rolling up its
sleeves for a victory effort, cloth
ing must last as well as tires and
automobiles. That goes for shoes,
too, and the way to give shoes a
long life is to polish them. Polish
ing shoes feeds the leather, makes
it pliable, and protects it.
Many shoes come to an early
end because they get wet and
aren’t properly dried, says Mrs.
Dora R. Barnes, clothing special
ist for the A. & M. college Exten
sion Service. Shoes should be
dried slowly, never in a hot place
like an oven, or in front of an
open fire.
Waterproofing helps protect
shoes, but it does not take the
place of overshoes or rubber boots
for walking in water, slushy snow,
or soft mud. Here is a good mix
ture for waterproofing: 8 ounces
of natural wool greese, 4 ounces of
dark petroleum jelly or vaseline,
and 4 ounces of paraffin wax. Melt
all three ingredients in a shallow
rectangular pan such as a bread
tin, as large as the sole of the
shoe. Let the shoe stand about
15 minutes in enough of this water
proofing mixture to cover the sole
and become saturated with the
grease.
The present City college of New
York was established by the state
legislature 94 years ago.
It’s Wonderful How . . .
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Keep to the Right at the North Gate
and You Can’t Go Wrong
Submitted by: H. W. HASSE, JR.
Dept, of Ag. Eco.—“Principles of Advertising”
A&M Receives Award
Presented Each Year
By Architect Society
A. & M. has just been approved
to receive the A.I.A. Scholarship
Medal given annually by the Am
erican Institute of Architects and
the Professional Society of the
Nation’s Architects, according to
announcement that has just been
received by Ernest Langford, head
of the Department of Architecture.
This medal is given each year
to the graduating student of the
department of architecture mak
ing the best general record in schol
arship and architectural design.
Award of this medal constitutes a
recognition of the high standard
of architectural training provid
ed by the department and ranks A.
& M. with the limited number of
colleges and universities to whom
the A.I.A Medal is awarded.
Movie actress Frances Farmer
once won a trip through Russia
in a college essay contest.
A&M Extension
Service Has Been
Made Defense Unit
„ Notification that the Texas A.
& M. Extension Service has been
designated as a special defense
agency has been received by Direc
tor H. H. Williamson from Feder
al Director M. L. Wilson.
“This means that such of the
work of our county agricultural
and home demonstration agents
as is essential to victory will take
priority over all other work,” Di
rector Williamson commented.
Plans are already underway to
intensify and expand such lines of
work, he said.
Other projects now carried on
may have to be modified or even
suspended for the time being, he
added, in order to carry on addi
tional defense activities as they
may arise.
AGGIES BUY DEFENSE STAMPS
with the money you save by
trading with Loupot.
Uncle Sam bought war materials before he was
attacked. Follow his example and buy your books
before the profs start bombing you with quizzes.
Let Loupot solve your textbook problem before the
rush starts.
Loupot s Trading Post
J. E. Loupot, ’32 North Gate
Submitted by R. C. ELLIOTT
Dept, of Ag. Eco.—“Principles of Advertising”
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Dept, of Ag. Eco.—“Principles of Advertising”
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