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THE BATTALION
-SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 7, 1942
The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station,
la published three times weekly from September to June, is
sued Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings; and is pub
lished weekly from June through August.
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Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870.
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1941 Member 1942
Ptssocided Golle6icrte Press
E. M. Rosenthal - Acting Editor
Ralph Criswell : Advertising Manager
Sports Staff
Mike Haikin Sports Editor
W. F. Oxford Assistant Sports Editor
Mike Mann Senior Sports Assistant
Chick Hurst -Junior Sports Editor
Circulation Staff
Gene Wilmeth Circulation Manager
Bill Hauger Senior Circulation Manager
Photography Staff
Jack Jones Staff Photographer
Bob Crane, Ralph Stenzel Assistant Photographers
Saturday’s Staff
D. C. Thurman Managing Editor
Keith Kirk Junior Editor
lobert L. Freeland Assistant Editorial Writer
Jack Lamberson Assistant Advertising Manager
Reporters
Calvin Brumley, Arthur L. Cox, Russell Chatham, Bill
Fox, Jack Keith, Tom Journeay, W. J. Hamilton
bach, Tom Leland, Doug Lancaster, Charles P.
Kirk, Weinert Richardson, C. C. Scruggs, Henry H. Vollentine,
~ ~ ‘ ~ ' Jordon, Fred
War Interpretations
PRIVATE BUCK By Clyde Lewis
So Near, Yet So Far
This week a number of five year men who
previously had been given deferments were
sent notices to report for active duty within
the next few days or weeks. Most of these
men finished their military science courses
last June and were scheduled to finish their
academic work next May.
Had these calls to duty been delayed for
slightly over two weeks or until April 1st
most of these men would have been granted
degrees in their respective courses. Now,
they will leave A. & M. with just hours and
grade points but no sheepskin. In some in
stances these new Lieutenants have more
hours than are erquired but lack as few as
two hours of required work.
True enough, the college has liberal
when it decided to give credit for the semes
ter to those men who are called to duty if
the men stay until April 1st, but in the case
of graduating seniors the date line should be
moved back to March 1st. To be so near a
degree and yet so far is rather discouraging,
to say the least, to those students who have
spent over four and one half years in col
lege.
Of course, thse men can always come
back to college, but after several years in
the front lines it isn’t easy to return to
school in a world upset by post war condi
tions. That time of less than one month
.should be allowed the seniors and degrees
given to them.
Quotable Quotes
"“The message I would emphasize to you this
>year is that America will always need men
and women with college training. Govern
ment and industry alike need skilled techni
cians today. Later we shall need men and
women of broad understanding and special
aptitudes to serve as leaders of the genera
tion which must manage the post-war world.
We must, therefore, redouble our efforts dur
ing these critical times to make our schools
render ever more efficient service in support
of our cherished democratic institutions.”
President Roosevelt.
: By Robert L. Freeland:
Things Which Mag Come
Glen Miller’s Band is playing “Sunlight
Mixed Drinks,” the No. 1 song of the nation.
As we listen—“We interrupt this program
to bring you a late bulletin just received as
is the custom of Station USA. Washington,
April 11, 194 : Enemy bombers, winging
in from the Pacific across Mexico have at
tacked the A. & M. College of Texas, now
engaged in training men and officers for our
armed forces. Damage to military establish
ments was light: however, it is feared that
casualties will be severe, numbering in the
thousands, for the college did not have an
effective air raid shelter system and several
•of the dormitories received direct hits. The
;power plant and armory was not severely
damaged. None of the attacking planes were
:shot down as there are no anti-aircraft guns
at College Station. For further details, con
sult your morning paper. We return you now
to Glen Miller, brought to you through the
courtesy of the Lickey-Quickey lipstick com
pany.”
Fantastic? Possibly a trifle so. But if
you will consult a map of the United States
and Mexico, you will see that WE are no
more than 750 mile sfrom the Pacific Ocean,
only two and one-half hours flying time for
a modern carrier-based craft. And only 40
minutes from the Gulf of Mexico. Think it
over.
The officials have instituted an air raid
.and warden system here, and it is planned
to have practice blackouts. But the comment
prevalent on the campus is “Oh, that’s a lot
of foolishness. We won’t be bombed.” The
peoples of Europe and England also said “It
can’t happen here.” but it DID HAPPEN
HERE!!
In order to be well prepared when and
if an air raid does come, everyone must ob
serve and obey the blackout and air raid
instructions, and if we all do that, the above
announcement may never be read.
British Blunder
Paris is a beautiful city. It is one of the few
cities of Europe which have not as yet had
their beautiful buildings blasted by bombs,
their rows of workers quarters layed low,
streets pocked and parks torn up to build air
raid shelters.
It was raided once by the Luftwaffe in
June, 1940, when France was crumbling
under the mighty blows of the German
Army, in which more than 1,000 casualties
were counted. There are very few air raid
shelters and few anti-aircraft guns in the
city, as it was declared an open city to save
it from destruction. Although it observes
a blackout, it is virtually unprotected.'
Its second air raid came during the night
of March 3-4 of this year, this time at the
hands of the Royal Air Force. The British
have committed many blunders, but this
was probably one of their greatest. More
than 600 were killed this time and many
more wounded. The target of the British
bombers was the Renault and other great
motor factories which have been turning out
tanks, trucks and engines for the German
Army. True, it was a good objective, and
the results were probably good and will re
duce the output from these factories, but it
came at the worst possible time.
France has been trying to persue a neu
tral course since she was knocked out of the
war, but she has been-forced to collaborate
with the Germans in several respects. The
French navy, however, has remained in
French hands and has been neutralized, al
though Darlan, Navy Minister, is a friend
of Germany. The Allies need every fighting
ship they can muster to fight in the Far
COVERING
caps diSMlOUS
WITH
IglOM VANNOY Ig)
You probably didn’t get to see so decorously. And the Mardi Gras
the Broadway hit, “LOUISIANA scenes are as natural as technicol-
PURCHASE,” but the motion pic- or can reproduce them,
ture version is to he at the Campus The Old West is the scene of the
tomorrow and Monday. With Bob adventures of the crusading “PAR-
Hope supplying the humor, Vera S0N op p A NAMINT” at Guion
Zorina the dancing scenes and Vic- ^ today _ charlie Ruggles ig the
tor Moore the wit, it is an excellent
picture that needs no special rec- ™iner who discovered gold that led
ommendations.
The original
stage hit ran!.
fourteen months
o n Broadway
with Miss Zorina
dancing in each
performance. Five
years ago she
was a dance star
with the Ballet
“Buck’s wising up ... it used to be easy to tell whether
he was bluffing or not by his expression!”
BACKWASH
By
'lack Hood
Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”-
Lt. Joe Routt and wife played paper, walls, or anything,
host to the stork a few days ago. All this, and more, was topped
East, in the Mediterranean and to keep the Aggie-ex Joe was a two-year All- °f f with the post-hypnosis dem-
supply lines open to transport vital supplies American at A. & M. . . . reported onstration - The assistant was
to Russia and the other far-flung fighting “communique” from Macs Arthur: brought out of his trance with the
fronts. The Allies are hard pressed in Af- if the west coast will hold out 30 '
rica, and German control of the French terri- days longer, we’ll send them rein-
tories there might turn the tide of battle forcements. Send us another P-40,
in favor of the Germans and give them bases The one we have is a little beat
of great strategic value such as Dakar from up . . . honors go to A1 Brown,
which to attack convoy lanes. B-FA; Pete Cantu, 2 CHQ; and
The French people no doubt hate their Cal Hengst, D-FA, for the bang-up
German conquerors but when they see that job on the Field Ball decorations, pended in mid-air. He jumped when
their own former allies are going to bomb The boys were in a hole because an invisible hand i erked the tie
them and there are heavy casualties, they last year’s decorations couldn’t be out of his shirt -
might be willing to allow Darlan and the found. Cantu did the designing . . . Quite a show -
other pro-Nazi cabinet ministers to force orders are slated requiring soldiers • • •
Petain to turn over the French navy to the to salute superiors everywhere— God BleSS Somebody
Germans and give them control of the even city streets ... probably ^ j
French possessions in Africa. For the French cadets also ... Will Henry Bennett Fr l om the dai y mai * bag ^ ome A s an
fleet to join with the Italian, Japanese and and his Prairie View Collegians .° .? r the
German navies would indeed be a hard blow will entertain the Luncefordians
instructions that he would be able
to hear the Frog, but not see him.
Amazingly, it worked; the boy
could see a hat when the Frog put
it on, and could hear the voice
coming from beneath the hat, but,
to him, it looked like a hat sus-
Aggie
way of doing things: Quoting Mrs.
to the Allies and loss of Africa and its bases with a dance at the Negro “Cotton ? h « T lla B ; Urse l 1, of . Corpus Chl ? s '
even a harder one. Club” in Bryan after they get
In the long run, it is extremely probable through at Sbisa.
that this action by the British will do much • • •
more harm than it has done good, for com- Arnjjfpnr Mvq-H’p
pared with the knocking out of a few French
factories, the possibilities Of French Alliance Frog Grover Backster, C Cavalry, ^ * ■ ' * my pocketbook on
with the German Reich is indeed overwhelm- hypnotist deluxe, put on quite a my cbjdr ( in a ca:fe ) ... I was
ingly disastrous to the Allied cause. show for eBp p^-Mph Sopip+v reall y sick as the purse contained
ti, “I am writing this to praise
the honesty of the student body
of A. & M. as a whole, and of one
boy in particular, who is unknown
to me. On Sunday morning, Feb.
to the founding of the boom town.
And Phil Terry is the fist-slinging
parson.
It is an action-filled story that
is different enough from the gen
eral run to be good.
The story is very interesting and
presents a new idea in the western
style of motion picture drama.
After being brought to the town
to straighten out the lawless ele
ment that is prevalent in all gold
Russe and had to learn to speak ru shes, the preacher harbors them
English in order to obtain a dram- rather than ta ik a b ou t them. He
atic part on the London stage. becomes extremely unpopular with
Hope is made the scapegoat of the snobs that brought him to the
amateurish swindlers who own the town, and they try to get rid of
Louisiana Purchasing Company. To him.
cover up their crooked deals, they
give him controlling interest in
the firm. When Senator Logan
berry, Victor Moore, comes down
from Washington to investigate
the affair, things get off to a
grand start. Hope tries to dissuade
the senator from continuing the in
vestigation, but Moore will not
be stopped. Finally the scene shifts
to the state capitol in Baton Rouge
where the actual hearings are held.
There Hope stages a filibuster that
is really enjoyable.
Bob, in his
screen career,
who has played
the parts of actor
soldier, sailor,
carnival man, and
truth - telling
stock salesman,
now adds the role
of politican to
the list. A feature of the picture
that cannot by any means be over
looked is the bevy of Louisiana
lovelies who dot the background
WHAT’S SHOWING
AT GUION HALL
Saturday—“PARSON OF
PANAMINT,” featuring
Charles Ruggles and Ellen
Drew.
Monday—“THE MAN
WHO CAME TO DINNER”,
with Bette Davis, Anne Sher
idan, and Monty Wooley.
AT THE CAMPUS
Saturday—“SPAWN OF
THE NORTH,” starring
George Raft, Henry Fonda,
and Dorothy Lamour.
Saturday prevue, Sunday,
Monday — “LOUISIANA
P U R C H A S E,” with Bob
Hope, Vera Zorina, and Vic
tor Moore.
The World Turns On
By A. F. Chalk
show for the Pre-Med Society,
Friday night. Obtaining complete
control over his assistant, he ac
complished such feats as command
ing his sleeping assistant to sing
the Hut Sut song with illustrative
jitterbugging. Giving his assistant
an empty glass, the Frog told him
to drink the liquor in it, and get
and palooted. Shortly, the
quite a sum of money and valu
ables ... my son went to the an
nouncer’s booth to report the loss.
There lay the purSe, apparently
unopened (some Aggie turned it
in) ... I fully know how many
of the boys need money and think
it only right to let it be known . . .
he is a really honest boy, and I
do thank him.” f
our repu-
The
Dr. Maurice H. Seevers, profes-
f of pharmacology at the Uni-
Louisana Sidelights
The average American will feel the war for
the first time this month. Up to now Ameri- good
cans have curtailed to some extent the use keeping subject began staggering, Th t , , , f
who have paid taxes in the past will pay he P lun s ed in to Hitleresque ora- ig the ri ht
more than they ever’ paid before. »tory, with appropriate gestures
Next year the tax bill will be about $8,- and yells -
000,000,000 more than it is this year. In In a clairvoyance demonstration,
all probability income tax rates will be dou- the assis t an t looked through solid
bled, and they may be collected in the form walls and told what was on the versit y of Wisconsin, has been ap-
of deductions from salaries. There will cer- otber side - In tbis undeveloped pointed professor and chairman of
tainly be taxes on many articles which are field of hypnotism, The Frog was the department of pharmacology
not now taxed, and higher taxes on other able to make his hel P er read thru at ihe University of Michigan,
articles. Meanwhile the sale of bonds will
go on and prices will continue to rise.
On the other hand there will probably
be fewer things to buy. Not only will tires
become more scarce, but there is a probabil
ity that gasoline will be rationed. Repair
parts for automobiles will also be difficult to
obtain. Typewriters are to be rationed, and
practically all other intricate mechanical art
icles will probably follow the same road.
The British attack on factories in Paris
opens a new phase of the war. Until now
Britain and America have made every effort
to woo the French. This attack seems to
indicate that Washington and London now
believe that the French are aiding the Axis
to such an extent that it can be no longer
overlooked. Incidentally, the raid seems to
indicate that the parachute attacks on the
French coast which destroyed a radio locat
ing device may have been made for the pur
pose of paving the way for the bombing of
the French plants. Vichey admits that dam
age was great, and that the loss of life was
heavy.
The French minister in Washington,
when asked about the raid, said: “What good
are words now?” His question raises another
one: What value have words from Vichey
ever had? The court conducting the war
guilt trials of the former French leaders is
considering desirability of holding secret
sessions. Some of the men on trial are talk
ing more than they were supposed to talk,
and to make matters worse they are talk
ing in a different tone of voice to that ex
pected. Deladier has gone so far as to place
a good deal of the blame for the collapse of
France upon the shoulders of Marshal Pe
tain. The trial was not supposed to prove
anything of that nature. LOUISIANA PURCHASE
Giesecke Honored
As He Is Presented
Paul Anderson Medal
Prof. F. E. Giesecke, member of
the A. S. MJ. E., and professor-
emeritus at A. & M. recently re
ceived the F. Paul Anderson Gold
Medal awarded by the American
Society of Heating and Ventilating
Engineers for distinguished scien
tific achievement. Presentation was
made by Thornton Lewis of New
ton, Pa., donor of the medal at the
48th annual meeting of the society
in the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel,
Philadelphia, January 28, 1942.
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Box Office Opens 2 P. M.
LAST DAY
“SPAWN OF THE NORTH”
Starring
George Raft — Henry Fonda
Dorothy Lamour
Also News — Sport
“HOW GOES CHILE”
Nazis at work in Chile
PREVIEW TONIGHT
AFTER DANCE
SUNDAY - MONDAY
“Louisiana Purchase”
with
BOB HOPE - VERA ZORINA
VICTOR MOORE
News — Musical
Popeye Cartoon
A star’s life on the set
is a busy one. Between
takes, here’s how stars
Bob Hope, Vera Zorina
and Victor Moore spent
their time while “Louis
iana Purchase” was in
production.
Above, Bob Hope runs
through his lines, while a
barber runs through his
hair. Zorina takes advant
ages of the lull to rest
from her strenuous dance
routines. Meanwhile, Vic
tor Moore, whom the cu-
ties found cute, receives
a visit from a pair of
pretties.
MOVIE
GUION HALL
SATURDAY
2:00 P.M., 7:30 and 9:00
Charlie Rug’g'les — Ellen Drew
Phillip Terry
“Parson of Panamint”
Comedy
Also
Mickey Mouse
Coming Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
“THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER”
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