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The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
T°xas A. & M. COLLEGE
i'he Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station,
is published three times weekly, and issued Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday mornings.
Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at College
Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 8, 1870.
Subscription rates $3 per school year. Advertising rates
upon request.
Represented nationally by National Advertising Service,
Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and
San Francisco.
Office, Room 6. Administration Building. Telephone 4-6444.
1942 Member 1943
Plssocided GoUe6»ate Press
Sylvester Boone - Editor-in-Chief
TUESDAY’S STAFF
Andy Matula Managing Editor
Ben Fortson Editorial Assistant
John H. Kelfy Business Manager
Conrad B, Cone Business Manager
LeValle Wolf Reporter
Robert Orrick Reporter
Claude Stone Reporter
B. A. Ross Reporter
D. A. Leva Reporter
Fred Manget, Jr Reporter
Jack E. Turner Reporter
John H. Wirtz Circulation Manager
Maurice Zerr Circulation Manager
D. W. May Editorial Advisor
ARMY ENGINEERS STAFF
H. P Bradley Editor
Ed Babich Associate
D. K. Springwater Associate
Bill Martin Associate
M. J. Kaff Associate
K. W. Farsons Associate
ACTD STAFF
Alvin B. Cooler Editor-and-Chief
Jack E. Shaw Managing Editor
Fred J. Rosenthal Associate Editor
Alan E. Goldsmith Associate Editor
Jas. H.’ Kizziar Squadron One Editor
Joseph E. Platt Squadron Two Editor
George A. Martin Squadron Three Editor
Bill Peters Squadron Five Editor
The Batt as a Paper ...
We of the Battalion staff are at last
getting results from our efforts, and it is
gratifying to find that so many read the
paper. There was one way to find this out,
and this was by “bleeding”. Apologies are
due certain parties so now we make them.
It is hard work going down to the of
fice three times a week, but we do it for
the fun of it, and to see that you Aggies
get to read a paper every other day. There
is one “bleed” that we would really like to
make, however, and that is the fact that we
are shy of reporters. Some of you Aggies
“bleed” because the Batt doesn’t have any
Aggie news in it while we “bleed” because
there is no news to put i^ it and then no
one to write the news up when we do get
it. There should be no kick from the Ag
gies on our price of $1, (formerly $1.50) and
the lack of Aggie news when you won’t even
help out on the writing of any of the news
we do put out. Let’s spend a dollar, get the
news first hand, and stop the “bleeding”.
What do you say?
-THE BATTALION-
TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 13, 1943
-CHAFF-
Gleaned From Reading Uselessly
A few weeks ago Coke Stevenson, Gov
ernor of Texas, was sitting on the porch
of the executive mansion in Austin looking
across to the State Capitol, when a friend
said, “Governor, don’t you think it’s about
time you ran up the Stars and Stripes?”
“Guess you’re right,” said the Governor,
as he went to the telephone and gave the
order. “I hadn’t thought of it.” So far the
first time since the Civil War, the American
flag flies above the Capitol along with -
and it so happens, above—the Lone Star flag
of the old Republic of Texas.
American Agriculture May Solve Tung
Oil Import Problem Caused by the War
Washington, D. C.—The trend
of agriculture in the United States
may be materially changed in at
least one important respect as a
result of the success of the paint,
varnish and lacquer industry in
largely surmounting the awkward
ness occasioned by the shutting off
by the Japanese of the large vol
ume of tung oil previously import
ed, mostly from China, which in
1937 totaled 174,884,803 pounds, by
the dehydration and use of castor
oil.
“The Wall Street Journal”, in
a recent survey of development in
the growing of the castor bean
plant by American farmers fore
casts the likelihood that in 1944
American production may catch
up with the demand and become
established as a new source of
income in American agriculture,
and a permanent source of supply
for the paint, varnish and lacquer
and other large industries which
use castor oil.
While domestic tung oil which
has been found superior in quality
to the Chinese product is being
successfully produced to an in
creasing extent in some suitable
sections of the southern part of
the United States, the estimated
with the crop and difficulty in
obtaining the proper kinds of seed.
In recent years, some progress
has been made in developing uni
form dwarf types of castor plants
which might be harvested by com
bines, similar to the way in which
grains are harvested.
In 1940, the Texas Power and
Light Company conducted a castor
bean growing program which re
sulted in yields of from 350 to 1,-
500 pounds of castor beans on
generally heavy, black, limey,
clayey soils of north and central
Texas.
Eight states — Texas, Okla
homa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois,
Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana
—are included in the 1943 pro
gram, with a total of 10,000 acres
compared with 8,000 acres in 1942,
when Texas planted 3,000 acres o'f
the total. If the 1943 season is
favorable, it is anticipated that a
stockpile of castor bean used suf
ficient to plant 500,000 acres in
1944 may be obtained.
Although the bulk of castor beans
used in the United States has been
imported from Brazil, the plant
was introduced into the United
States by the Spaniards 300 years
ago. As early as 1818, the beans
production of domestic tung oil is , , .
i v. . mn nrvr> , - were grown to a considerable ex
only about 6,500,000 pounds from . , . , , .
FAMOUS CLOSE SHAVES By Barber Sol
MAXIM FOR LIBERTY
AT 25, MAXIM LITVINOFF WAS
SENTENCED TO SIBERIA. UT-
VINOFF NEVER GOT TO SIBERIA.
WE ESCAPED DURING A MASS
RIOT, ENROUTE TO JAIL.
For some obscure reason, an official
report discloses that forty thousand persons
in Texas last year brought suit for divo^e
against their mates. By involving some sim
ple gymnastics in arithmetic, this fact
proves (^ne out of every three Texas mar
riages ends in divorce. Nobody seems to
know why. Wife-beating is prevalent.
Through wars and peace, depression, re
cession, prosperity and an odd assortment of
states and stages the political economy of
this world is heir to, Texas A. & M. contin
ues to garner to its laurels a lion’s share of
glory — some from the oddest places.
Stanley Walker writing in a recent is
sue of The New Yorker, told of an encounter
on the campus of Texas University with Mrs.
Cornelia Cooke Smith, curator of the O.
Henry Museum in Austin. As Walker and
Mrs. Smith were chatting about her favor
ite subject, the life and misfortunes of Sid
ney Lanier, a group of students walked by.
The sly and erudite old lady shook her fist
at the group and said, “There they go.
Reds. Look at^’em. The place is full of such
scalawags. Go over to Texas Agricultural
and Mechanical College and you’ll find
some real men. Nineteen generals have come
out of A. & M. But these fellows! Bah!”
HARRY CARRIED...navy flier,
HARRY T. GIBSON FELL UNCONSCIOUS
FROM HIS CRASHING PLANE. HE FLOATED
To SAFETY WHEN HIS PARTLY OPENED CHUTE
ENTANGLED WITH ANOTHER PARACHUTER.'
BARBER SOL ^
SAYS; fyL
NOWADAYS YOUR ABC -
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WIN THE WAR EFFICIENTLY
IB C
DON'T BE AN ABSENTEE/
• TELEPATHY ?sam grossman,
MENTAL TELEPATHIST, RAN
FROM A STORE TO GREET AN
OLD FRIEND. SECONDS LATER
THE BUILDING COLLAPSED —
KILLING ALL ITS OCCUPANTS /
BRANDINGS
by DANIEL
Yarns about the antics and progress of
movie stars in the service are legion. Some
are genuine and some come from the well
planned campaigns of highly paid press
agents—but either way, here’s one that’s
good for a laugh. Caesar Romero, who has
joined up with the Coast Guard, was strol
ling around Hollywood Blvd. the other day
nattily attired in his new nautical vestments.
A friend quipped: “Ah, a wolf in ship’s
clothing!”
For a soft nation, we’re unloading a lot
of hardware on Axis Europe.
Russians are showing sudden interest
in just when autumn leaves begin to fall.
Fish Tales
By Bryan Ross
Well, fellows, the first of a se
ries of columns called “FISH
TALES” is out. We hope that it
will better acquaint the fish among
themselves and also with the rest
of the student body.
The other day, “Dorm” No. 14
was joy-stricken with the news of
a three day’s holiday starting July
23rd. Not a single fish had a long
face that day. A rest will really
come in handy, won’t it, frogs?
That superb bunch of hicks call
ed “Ches’ Chambers’ and his Ag-
gieland Ramblers” are soon to have
an audition over our own station,
W. T. A. W. The hillbilly band con
sists of Chester Chambers playing
the accordion and directing, For
rest Howard and Bill Jordan on the
fiddle, Hal Clark, that yodeling
country boy, Aidney Prescott, on
the sax, Sergio Zuniga, harmonica,
John Wirtz and last, but not least,
Soph Buddy Loose, playing the gui
tar. The boys will play such “ster-
Rag”, “The Great Speckled Bird”,
the “Wabash Cannonball” and ma
ny other favorites right out of the
hills.
Going to work for Uncle Sam in
the near future are: Dick Stahls
and Bill Skinner, volunteers for the I
Army (believe it or not), Harry |
Plackemeier as gob in the Navy,
1Q/1<> . , . * , . I tent in the Central West of this and Cyril Russe11 ’ who was called I
the 1942 crop, equivalent to about produced U P this week the Arm y Air For
3.7% of the 1937 importations. C unt y - An 18 ' y ’ Kansas pr ° duced —
The natural growth of the tung a , ° r cro P
tree is so much slower than the whlCh , glutted the market -
Today comes a new style of
writing, and here’s hoping that it
is liked better than the other style
was. Bleeding isn’t a very good
way of accomplishing anything;
explanations might be better. Let’s
see what can be done.
Traditions—Every school has its
traditions, and Aggieland has them
just as do other schools, although
we sometimes think that ours are
bedded deeper than those of other
schools. A new bunch of Air Corps
men arrived around dusk Sunday,
and we hope that they get in the
swing of things and find their new
life an enjoyable one. One tradi
tion that we have here is that
of speaking ot every person that
we meet, regardless of who he is.
We usually get a response from
them, and we hope you do the
same to everyone you may hap
pen to meet. Speaking to people
will leave them in better spirits
while it will help you in that you
helped them. Let’s keep a cheer
ful heart about us, men, and we
will all benefit from it.
Men on the campus—A very good
feeling came over me at East Gate
Saturday when I was “thumbing”
it to Hempstead and two Sailors
Army Engineers
Stick Slips . . .
The orderly room has a pet head
ache ever since Edgar Wilson came
into the company. There is some
misunderstanding as to exactly
what rank he holds. Come, come,
Wilson, exactly what are you?
Latest communique » . . Flenni-
ken has his alarm clock together
again. However he still doesn’t
know when the darn thing is go
ing to sound off.
Here’s a suggestion . . . How
about organizing a committee of
some sort to provide some extra
curricular activities for the men.
This committee could plan dances,
picnics, parties or what have you
to relieve our battered brains.
Say Williamson, everybody is
asleep! Drop that book, will you?
Ah that’s better.
of 766,143 bushels
That
growth of the castor bean plant
that even with increased plantings
of tung trees, a good many years
was long before the use of de
hydrated castor oil in rapid-drying
ces.
paint and varnish products,
had
w'ould have’to efap'se before’'suf-1 been developed b ? P aint chemists,
ficient quantities of domestic tung P^ us tbe d eve l°P men t other im-
oil to meet the needs of American portant new uses of castor oil in
industry could be produced. On other P roducfcs , including plastics,
the other hand, castor beans, it linoleum ’ P rin ting inks, raincoats,
is stated, may be grown in every cements > dyes, yarn softeners, anti-
state. They are an annual crop ^ ree f e products, etc., and as a
except in the tropics where the | ubldcan |' w ' b ^ ck n °i : ^ reeze
plant may reach an age of thiry Arct ^ c temperatures. Also the
years, and in southern Florida and stalks are highly valuable for var-
the southern tip of Texas where * ous uses -
in some years they escape killing It is a far cry from the days
frost so that it is not necessary w hen Americans’ chief concept of
to replant them. Castor bean castor oil was that of a bad-tast-
plants grow from six to thirty | i n £ medicine, which might also be
feet in height, the tallest being
found in the warmer regions.
Previous slowness in develop
ment of the castor bean crop in
the United States has been attri
buted to American inexperience
used to oil the family buggy, to its
new potential importance to indust
ry and agriculture, which, to an
important degree may help to safe
guard and permanently strengthen
the domestic economy of the Na
tion.
It looks as though Barton (“B
B. Eyes”) Wallace will be just
another draftee unless help ar
rives soon from some unknown
source.
I wonder what’s the matter with
those athletic minded first stoop
boys? It seems as if the boys in
the Fourth Company just can’t
beat those second stoop, “I” Com
pany, marauders. Maybe they
don’t eat enough “Wheaties” in
the mornings.
“I” Company also had the best
looking rooms on the recent week
end inspection; therefore, they are
having the honor of marching in
the mess hall first. No wonder, with
the appetite those boys have, they
could eat anything.
When a politician does, does he
go to the happy headline-hunting
ground.
KEEP COOL
On a Hot Day
drop in for a
refreshing drink
that’s really cooling
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Qamtnis ‘Distractions
By Ben Fortson
The Andrews Sisters really swing
out at the Campus today, and to
morrow in Universal’s latest
HOW’S ABOUT IT, with Robert
Paige and Grace McDonald.
Sufficient Supply
Of Diapers For
War Baby Crop
WASHINGTON,—In the last
speech before Congress recessed
Thursday, the House received as
surances from Representative
Frances P. Bolton (Rep), Ohio,
that there will be sufficient dia
pers for the bumper crop of war
time babies.
Mrs. Bouton advised that after
she expressed alarm Wednesday
over the possibility of a diaper
shortage the War Production
Board sent a representative to her
with the information that 7,876,000
dozen diapers will be manufactured
this year.
This, she said would be an in-
The theme of the show is about a
girl who writes verses for calen
dars (Grace McDonald) and a guy
(Bob Paige) who puts words to
music. Miss McDonald proceeds to
sue Paige when he takes one of
her original verses and puts a tune
to it. What follows is a cimic ro
mance with plenty of the swing
stuff put out by the Andrews Sis
ters and Buddy Rich and his band.
Shemp Howard is good for a laugh
of two also. Bob Paige is trying to
go on his first vacation in years
when the lawsuit comes up and so
is naturally disgusted and ready
to do almost anything ot get it
over ’yvith. But Miss McDonald has
her eyes on more than Bob’s mon
ey. Naturally they end up in each
other’s arms, naturally.
The Lowdown: Will take your
mind off your worries.
At Guion Hall today and to
morrow is IT ALL CAME TRUE,
starring Ann Sheridan, Jeffery
Lynn, and Humphrey Bogart.
This is the story of aglamorous
came up and asked where the line
began. The Aggies who were in
line introduced themselves, and a
nice conversation began. A truck
came along with room for every
one. We spent a nice trip to
gether with no hard feelings to
ward anyone. Why can’t this be
the way that we do all things ? Af
ter all no one asked for the war,
and we are going to be living to
gether until after the war is over.
We might as well be friends while
the Axis is being whipped.
Student Election—Today is the
day that the first semester sopho
more yell leader is to be elected
in the run-off. None of the three
candidates were successful in get
ting a majority of votes so it has
become necessary Ylhat a run-off
be conducted. I predicted a total
vote of 500 in the last election, and
the total actual voters numbered
527. My predictions were about
right, but there should have been
more to vote than there was. The
corps of 1700 might take a little
more interest in the affairs of the
campus and what is being done by
casting more votes in the elections.
Let’s have a vote of at least 750 to
day. What do you say, army?
VMe tte P ratytrp 0 h f as 4 m P cre^ed sta « e actress
, a song writer Jeffery Lynn). Hum-
but 19.3 per cent. , _ . • • i A
phrey Bogart is in love with Ann,
as well as is Lynn, but then who
could blame either of them? Due
to certain conditions, Ann needs
Bogart’s help and to do so, she
must play up to him. She later
sees this won’t work and goes to
Lynn.
The Lowdown: A story of early
show days you are sure to like.
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Phone 4—1168
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“PAT and EMILY”
Appearing- Daily Except
Monday.
Today and Wednesday
Those Saturday morning base
ball sound as though the boys
are playing for blood. Don’t worry
it’s all part of the game It
says here
And ... if you bet a “coke” on
the outcome of the game you had
better handcuff yourself to whom
ever you are betting. That is your
only sure method of collecting.
In closing I ask you all—Where
were you when the lights went out ?
At Least He Will
Know Who Is Boss
SEATTLE, Wash.—Harry F.
Coulson, a sheet metal worker
isn’t one to complain about the
competence of the helper assigned
him at his shipyard job.
The helper is Mrs. Harry F.
Coulson.
r/fc ANDREWS SISTERS
'MMmtr
with c .
Robert PAIGE Grace McDONALD Jfj
l\+ Shemp Howard Mary Wickes Walter CaM
Tht Nation's No. I Drummmr
BUDDY RICH aod his orchestra
II |l lIHllin II II "Till ' I
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and Musical
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Tax Included
Box Office Opens 1 p. m.
Closes 7:30
Tuesday and Wednesday
Ann Sheridan
Jeffery Lynn
Humphrey Bogart
— in —
“IT ALL CAME
TRUE”
— plus
Selected Short Subjects
Thursday and Friday
Norma Shearer
Robert Taylor
— in —
“HER CARDBOARD
LOVER”
— also —
Selected Short Subjects
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