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■THE BATTALION-
■TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1942
Official Notices
Classified
LOST—A Parker lifetime fountain pen
Saturday morning. The name “Vernon
Lockett” was inscribed on the side. Find
er please return pen to room 17, Mitchell
for reward.
I SHALL REGISTER a class for first
ade work September 11th in my home,
ork to begin September 14th. May
Burtis, 808 E. 23rd St., Bryan. Phone
2-8199.
LOST: Black and ivory Schwinn built
bicycle. White sidewall on one wheel
only. Liberal reward for return or in
formation of. Roger Willingworth, 32
Foster.
FOUND — Class ring, near new dorm
itories. Owner contact Antone Vitopil at
Greenhouse between 8 and 5. Will return
upon description and payment for ad.
WANTED TO BUY or rent—a bass
fiddle. Write Dan, Box 5151.
FOR SALE—Bicycle. Only a few months
old, perfect condition, with basket and
light. Must sell by the 15th. See George
Caudill, 244 Foster Ave., College Hills.
Meetings
SAN ANTONIO A. & M. CLUB —
There will be a meeting of the San Ah-
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tonio A.&M. Club Tuesday evening 'im
mediately after Yell Practice in the Y
Chapel. It is urgent that all boys from
San Antonio be present, as plans for a
mid-term dance will be completed and
the date for the dance will be announced.
TYLER CLUB—The Tyler Club will meet
tonight in room 108 of the Academic
Building at 7:00 P. M.
BRAZORIA CLUB—A special meeting
of the Brazoria County A.&M. Club will
be held in room 212, Academic building,
tonight at 7 o’clock. Dance plans will
be discussed.
SPANISH CLUB—There will be a meet
ing of the Spanish Club in room 124 of
the Academic Building Wednesday night
at 7 p.m. All members of the Spanish
Club are asked to be present and any
one interested in joining the club be
there at that time.
AGRONOMY SOCIETY—There will be
an Agronomy Society meeting Thursday
night at 7:30 in the lecture room of the
Agricultural Engineering building. All
agronomy majors, minors, and others
interested are requested to be there.
AMARILLO A.&M. CLUB—There will
be s meeting of the members of the
Amarillo A.&M. Club in room 109 Ac
ademic Building tonight at 7 -.00 o’clock.
Plans for a picnic will be discussed and
it is important that every member be
present.
TRI-CITIES CLUB—There will be a
very important meeting of the Tri-Cities
A.&M. Club Tuesday night at 7 :00 o’clock
in room 206 of the Academic Bldg. All
members are requested to be present.
LOUISIANA CLUB — The Louisiana
Club will hold a very important ^ meeting
in room 206 Academic Bldg, tonight im
mediately after yell practice. This is the
last meeting of the semester, so all mem
bers please be there on time.
Announcements
ALL SAE MEMBERS please report in
front of Guion Hall for a group picture
at 6:15 Tuesday. Important.
THE RECREATION CENTER of the
Naval Training School has on file the
names of wives of service men who wish
work as stenographers, clerks, office work,
tutoring, care of children, etc. Please
call 4-9874 on Saturdays from 1 to 4
for information.
RESIDENTS OF COLLEGE Station
who wish to rent rooms to students for
the fall term are requested to get that
information to the Commandant’s office
in writing or by phone. Commandant’s
Office.
—KYLE FIELD—
(Continued From Page 3)
part, of northern boys. . . One fel
low here usta be a blocking back
at Idaho U.—runs like Jim Thoma
son. . . P. S. Give those centers a
break in your column. . . They ride
the bottom of lots of waves”.
. . . John Kimbrough does it
again. . . For the second consecu
tive week, the former Aggie All-
American bone-crushing fullback
ripped off long runs. . . Last week
against the Washington Redskins
Big John showed his maneuverabil
ity by breaking through for a 58
yard run (it was a beaut as shown
by the movies). . . .then Sunday he
ripped off 95 yards late in the first
period for an Army touchdown be
sides playing an otherwise excel
lent game. . . Kimbrough, seem
ingly has lost some weight, pick
ing up that disadvantage in speed.
. . . Herschel Burgess, Aggie im
mortal backfield ace who starred
during the Joel Hunt period in
1927, is now a flying instructor
at the base at Miami, Florida. . .
Among his more famous pupils is
Clark Gable, famous screen star
. . . “He’s a swell guy,” said Bur
gess. . . There are also quite a few
Aggies around the place. . .
Agronomy Society
To Meet Thursday
There will be an Agronomy So
ciety meeting next Thursday night
in the Agricultural Engineering
building at 7:30.
The Cotton Pageant and Ball will
not be held this current school year
due to the social calendar already
being made out, and there is not
a space available in the coming
semester to facilitate a Cotton
Pageant and Ball program. How
ever, plans are already being
drawn up for a Cotton Pageant
and Ball in the spring semester.
All Argonomy majors and min
ors and any others interested are
requested to be at the meeting
Thursday night.
REMEMBER!!
When You Are Ready to Sell Your Books—Get Our
Prices Before You Sell
We Pay Highest Prices for
BOOKS
DRAWING SETS
SLIDE RULES and
DRAWING EQUIPMENT
College Book Store
North Gate
The Flying Army
These sleek advanced trainers are of the type in which the Army
Air Corps teaches fledgling combat piloting. Formation
Flying such as is demonstrated in the above official Air Corps
Photo demands the utmost in skill, steel nerves, and quick think
ing.
Silver Replaces Scarce Metals In Modern
Electrical Goods as Shortage Closes In
Just as Pizarro, conqueror of
Peru, once shod his horses with sil
ver in an emergency, General
Electric engineers are now using
the precious metal instead of tin,
copper and other scarce materials
in electrical apparatus.
There is at least a little silver
now, according to Vice President
Henry A. Winne, in almost every
motor, generator, transformer or
other piece of apparatus made by
the company for the war.
“In many cases the use of silver
adds to the cost, a consideration
secondary to production at the
moment,” explains Winne, who is
in charge of G-E apparatus design
engineering. “In such instances, its
use is probably temporary.
“On the other hand, the use of
silver in current-carrying contacts
and in brazing alloys frequently
results in an improvement in qual
ity sufficient to justify the greater
cost, and so for these purposes its
use will not only continue after
th war but probably will increase.”
The use of silver is saving huge
quantities of tin at General Elec
tric. In 1940, the company used ap
proximately one million pounds of
tin. This year, in spite of the fact
that production has more than
doubled, it is estimated that the
amount of tin consumed will re
main the same. Thus savings of
more than 50 per cent in normal
requirements of tin are being ef
fected, in no small measure, by use
of increased silver content in al
loys.
One of the most extensive sub
stitutions of silver is for tin in
soft solder and for copper in bra
zing alloys, used for connecting
conductors—bars or wires—in vir
tually every type of electrical
equipment manufactured by the
company.
Silver is replacing tin in soft
solders, alloys which require com
paratively low temperatures in
joining metals. In the past, these
alloys have had a relatively high
tin content, ranging from almost
pure tin to a very common com
position of 40 per cent tin and 60
per cent lead. Today, however,
solders in wide use range from 20
per cent tin, one per cent silver
and 79 per cent leacl, to 97.50 per
cent lead and 2.50 per cent silver.
Substitutes of silver for copper
are being made in brazing alloys,
which require high temperatures
for joining metals. One type of bra
zing alloy, widely used before the
war, was composed mainly of cop
per content, the remainder being
silver and phosphorus. Now alloys
with copper content as low as 16
per cent are in general use. A ty
pical alloy consists of 50 per cent
silver, 16 per cent zinc, 18 per cent
cadmium and only 16 per cent cop
per.
Aside from saving tin by reduc
ing the tin content of solders,
brazing technique is now widely re
placing soft soldering to conserve
tin and copper. Brazing also, chief
ly because of the silver present, is
often quicker, more reliable and
economical. Soft soldering requires
a separate operation—pretinning of
points of contact—not necessary in
brazing. Some types of soft solder
ing also utilize a clip, or overall
metal band, in binding two bars
together, which can be eliminated
in brazing. In general a soft sold
ered bond is less strong than a
brazed connection.
A fourth advantage of brazing
has been developed from experi
ment in adapting joints to the proc
ess; such redesigning of joints has
results in simplification and hence
in further savings in the amount
of copper used. Such economies as
these in materials, costs and engi
neering, almost certainly will be
carried over into post-war manu
facturing practice.
Although silver is not under
priority regulation, some suppliers
are finding it necessary to ration
the quantities they are able to de
liver to their customers. The Trea
sury has much Silver and the War
Production Board is understood to
be studing the possibility of ob
taining supplies from this source.
It has ben reported that the
WPB already has effected a deal
whereby silver has been loaned
“for the duration” to an aluminum
concern for busbars essential to
production. The situation is com
plicated by legislation which re
quires the government to buy do
mestic silver at 71.11 cents an
ounce, more than double the usual
world price of approximately 35
cents. Also, the sale of Treasury
stocks is forbidden.
The eleventh commandment: “If
any shall fail in their stewardship
of the Earth, their faithful fields
shall become sterile, stoney ground
and wasting gullies, and their de-
scendents shall decrease and live
in poverty, or perish from off the
face of the Earth.”
A man with a hoe is still the
best weed-killing machine.
Better Health
Means Aid in All
Out War Effort
With the nation facing a loss
of more than 6 million man days
per month in defense industries
alone from accidents and illnesses,
Dr. Geo. W. Cox, State Health
Officer, is intesifying the Texas
State Health Department’s effort
to cut down the total days lost in
this State.
“The number of man days lost
from accidents alone each month
reaches an alarming total. But
when we consider that there are
9 times more absentees from com
municable and other diseases it
becomes apparent,” Dr. Cox as
serted, “why it is necessary to urge
that each individual protect his
own health to the best of his abil
ity.
Communicable disease and even
mild epidemics can seriously handi
cap the nation’s war effort by
slowing down the production of
the necessary ships, planes, gun?)
and tanks. Careful attention to
personal cleanliness, proper nutri
tion, sufficient rest, fresh air and
sunshine is the personal respon
sibility of every individual at this
time.
“It is our job,” Dr. Cox said, “to
fight sickness and accidents, Pro
duction can be boosted and lives
can be saved by strict adherance
to community and industrial hy
giene standards and full coopera
tion in such community projects
as mosquito control and rat ex
termination for preventing the
spread of malaria, dengue, and
typhus fever. Loss of time renders
aid to the enemy and the country
must be able to depend on peak
production from all of its indus
trial army.”
Dr. Cox pointed out that the
armed forces have called a great
per cent of our doctors and nurses
into active service and the war
has made unattainable many of the
drugs and chemicals which have
heretofore been used as ordinary
household remedies. This shortage
of doctors and nurses, together
with our inability to obtain many
needed drugs, makes the conser
vation of good health a definite
war project and the partriotic duty
of every many, woman, and child.
—NIMITZ—
(Continued From Page 1)
men afloat or afield may obtain
their V-Mail blanks from any post-
office. Full instructions appear on
each form. Letters are sent to
the nearest V-Mail center for for
warding by air to the soldier, sail
or or marine concerned. Again,
days are saved; and valuable air
plane space is conserved for vital
war goods.
It was urged that service users
of V-Mail request their correspond
ents to take advantage of this
fast system. V-Mail now goes to
personnel on duty in Australia—‘
and in intermediate island bases.
A good furniture wood should
be hard and strong enough to re
sist normal stress and strain, yet
soft enough so that nails and
screws won’t split it; resistant to
denting under ordinary use, an at
tractive figure, able to take strain
without spoiling its natural ap
pearance; and resistant to warping,
swelling, and shrinking.
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Tuesday, Sept. 8, 1942
11:25 a. m.—Music
11:30 a. m.—Treasury Star Pa
rade (U. S. Treasury)
11:45 a. m.—Brazos Valley Farm
and Home Program—“News Be
hind the News In Agriculture”
—C. A. Price, Assistant Exten
sion Editor
11:55 a. m.—The Town Crier
12:00 noon—Sign-Off
Wednesday, Sept. 9, 1942
11:25 a. m.—Music
11:30 a. m.—Man Your Battle Sta
tions (U. S. Navy)
11:45 a. m.—Brazos Valley Farm
and Home Program—Home Dem
onstration Program
11:55 a. m.—The Town Crier
12:00 noon—Sign-Off
W P Brown Enlists
In Naval Air Corps
William Perry Brown, Jr., son of
Mrs. T. M. Terrell of Austonio,
Texas has been selected for train
ing as a Naval Aviation cadet and
will be ordered to active duty
shortly.
He is a graduate of Austonio,
Texas High School, and is attend
ing A. & M.
He has been playing basketball
for the past several years, for
both his high school and college.
He is a member of the Accounting
Society and the Houston Club.
When ordered to active duty, he
will report to the U. S. Navy Pre-
Flight School, University of Geor
gia, Athens, Georgia, for three
months of physical conditioning,
instruction in naval essentials, mil
itary drill and ground school sub
jects. After completing this course,
he will be sent to one of the Navy’s
numerous reserve bases for pri
mary flight training.
—COWLEY—
(Continued From Page 3)
gies was contemplating using Cow
ley as an assistant freshmen coach
this year, but better prospects are
in store for him as head coach of
Consolidated High School.
—WINSTEAD—
(Continued from Page 1)
And so it is with the newspaper
business. While the Press’ editor
ran down the biggest story in 1927,
chasing all over that part of the
country after Ponzi, Winstead had
sat in the Houston sheriff’s of
fice, comfortably fixed beside a
telephone, and scooped him at his
own game.
If it’s bargains you
want you don’t have to
hunt cause Loupot’s bar
gains stick way out in
front.
Why not win your
share of Lou’s $50.00.
Contest will be up in two
weeks at which time the
$25.00 grand prize will
be offered to the winner
of one of five weeks con
tests.
LOUPOT’S
Trading Post
J. E. Loupot, ’32-North Gate
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NOW YOU CAN BUY
$20.00 Worth of
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HERE’S LOU’S TRADE . . .
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(OR LESS) AND I’LL GIVE YOU ONE $4.00 BOOK.
TRADE OR BUY THESE BOOKS EARLY
MONEY REFUNDED Until Sept. 29 If
You Cannot Use the Books
THESE MUST BE SECOND TERM BOOKS
Loupots Trading Post
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