TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 22, 1944
THE BATTALION
PAGE 7
Profs Bring Forth Grade Books To
Distinguish Between Twins On Campus
OFFICIAL NOTICES
Classified
By D. Y. Hudson
Are you one of those who have
been seeing double lately, seeing
’•’bne or more of the three sets of
twins enrolled at A. & M.?
If you are, you may have been
* mixed up with Roy and Arthur
Potts from Belton, E. H. and J. A.
Griswold from Midland, or Hansen
and Henry Scobee from Leesville,
Louisiana.
Mother Nature was feeling mean
when she made the three sets of
twins. The Potts and Griswolds
are identical, having no character-
5-istics to distinguish one brother
from another. Hansen Scobee has
an off-color eye which is the dif
ference between him and his broth-
- er, Henry.
All the sets are 17, the Scobees
are campus juniors while the Gris
wolds and Potts are freshmen. Be-
^fore wearing the Aggie uniform
. all sets dressed identically and
wore the same size of clothes. The
only exception to this'is that J. A.
£ Griswold has bigger feet than his
i brother. He wears a 10^, E. H. a
10.
After a lot of questioning, it was
found that the twins differed on
* one subject, girls. The wolf of the
crowd, J. A. Griswold, has pictures
of four girls in his room. He pre-
' fers blondes, but his brother dis-
agrees, liking brunettes. J. A. has
his troubles though. It seems as
though he has three girls in one
^town. Anyone who has ever had
* any experiences along the same
line knows what trouble three girls
^ in one town can be. Ray Potts pre-
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fers blondes while Arthur Potts
likes a certain brunette.
In most other respects the broth
ers prefer the same things, eat
the same foods, and Wear the same
clothing. They even agree on the
things they don’t like, for instance
English 103 is a terrible nemesis
for the Potts and Griswolds.
Teachers seldom get mixed up
with the twins because they use
the grade book to a great extent
in their classes. There is no doubt,
though, about their being mixed
up in classes often. Comp-any offi
cers are always getting confused
with them.
Since the brothers live together,
their parents write to both at the
same time. The Griswolds and Sco
bees take turns in answering let
ters from home but Roy Potts does
most of the writing to his parents.
Arthur, though, is out for football
and Roy isn’t.
The Scobees speak with a soft
Louisiana drawl while the Potts
and Griswolds talk with a Texas
accent. Curly black hair marks the
Pitts while the Griswolds have
wavy blonde hair.
I. Q. Answers
1. Pennsylvania.
2. California.
3. 22.
4. Mercuric Fulminate.
6. Diamond.
7. Huron.
8. Delaware.
9. Turpentine.
10. Pennsylvania.
More than $8,000 worth of gold
was produced in Texas during
1942. Production amounted to 236
fine ounces, valued at $8,260. This
figure was substantially below pro
duction of 1941—306 fine ounces,
valued at $10,710.
i# 1
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*
We have Carnations,
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Corsages.
WE DELIVER
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LET US SUPPLY YOUR
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Pocket Slide Rules
Professional Grade Drawing Equipment
Wrico Lettering Sets
COLLEGE BOOK STORE
At North Gate
LOST—One 17 jewel Tavannes watch,
between Train Station and Academic build
ing Sunday morning.- Finder please return
to Doug Freberg, Room 403, Dorm 9.
WANTED—Man to ..help drive from Col
lege Station to Rockford, 111. or Madison,
Wis., leaving Monday, August 28. Call
4-8949.
Announcements
The shipment of Senior Rings due
August first is now ready for delivery to
those men who are eligible to get the
rings. •
Veteran Warhawks
Win High Citation
From the Lybian desert through
Sicily and the length of Italy, the
324th Fighter group, flying P-40
Warhawk fighter-bombers, has
chased the Hun.
Since.March the Warhawks have
worked always close to Allied
troops in the Air Plan called “Op
eration Strangle,” designed to cut
all supply lines that supported the
Hun in Italy.
Still engaged in relentless thrusts
against the retreating enemy, the
324th group has been given “as
public evidence of deserved honor
and distinction” a Presidential cita
tion for outstanding action in Tu
nisia and Sicily.
The group is in Lt. Gen. Ira C.
Eaker’s Mediterranean Allied Air
Forces and is part of the First
Tactical Air Force commanded by
Maj. Gen. John K. “Uncle Joe”
Cannon. Colonel Leonard C. Lydon,
31, of Stuart, Iowa, is the group
commander..
In “Operation Strangle” the
group is bolstering the reputation
it made for fast and extremely ac
curate air support of front line
ground troops while with the
famed Eighth army in the African
desert campaigns.
To the ground forces of Fifth
army in Italy the 324th Warhawks,
easily distinguishable by their dis
tinctive markings, have become
known as The Doughboy’s Friends.
Dive bombing of railroad tracks
Extension Service
PublishesPamphlet
A guide to Texas farm families
on the production, care, and utili
zation of clean milk has been pub
lished by the A. and M. College
Extension Service and now is
available for free distribution from
the offices of county home demon
stration agents.
The publication is entitled “Bet
ter Milk for Better Meals” and its
authors are Hazel Phipps, former
specialist in food preparation and
ri0 w assistant state home demon
stration agent; and Gladys Martin,
Extension home dairy specialist.
An explanation of the nutritional
values of milk is given in the m-
! troduction followed by eight
' points to follow in the production
and care of clean milk. The bul
letin concludes with seven recom-
: mended recipes which help assure
^ an adequate amount of milk in
' the diet, the Texas Food Standard
I recommends three-fourths to one
I quart of milk daily for children
j under 16 and one pint daily for
adults.
(called “rail splitting”), of road
ways (“post holing”), and double-
header bombing and strafing
(“shooting up”) vehicular and sea
transport of all descriptions again
put the Hun on the run—but this
time the determined STOP signals
of “Operation Strangle” made the
withdrawal difficult and costly.
In one two-day period the group
accounted for 311 motor vehicles
of all kinds definitely destroyed.
For this kind of work a special
bomb load for the Warhawks was
devised within the group and em
ployed with deadly effectiveness.
Before Rome fell the group
ranged farther up the peninsula
than had been their regular prac
tice, and in a series of 45 dive
bombing and strafing missions
tightened the ominous noose which
is “Operation Strangle.”
Perhaps their proudest accom
plishments are in the unusually
close air support missions flown in
response to direct request from
ground commanders.
They divebombed enemy troop
concentrations only 100 yards from
allied soldiers and by doing so
without impairing their reputation
for speed they broke up counter
attacks before they could reach
Allied positions.
Where one Warhawk bomb would
have produced casualties to Allied
personnel they maintained their
high standard of accuracy and re
ceived congratulatory “all bombs
in target area” messages from
ground forces.
Only five months after it was
activated July 6, 1942, at Logan
Field near Baltimore, Md., the or
ganization entered actual warfare
in Egypt and Tunisia. The Presi
dential citation streamer was at
tached to the group colors on the
second anniversary of the activa
tion. At the same time one of the
group’s squadrons, the 314th, for
mally received a Presidential cita
tion for participation in an attack
April 18, 1943, near Cap Bon, Tu
nisia, on a Messerschmitt-escorted
Axis air armada.
During the year and a half it
has been in action the group has
flown more than 15,000 sorties;
dropped more than 8,000,000 pounds
of bombs; destroyed 66 ene^iy air
craft in aerial combat; probably
destroyed another 16 enemy air
craft, and damaged 29 enemy air
craft.
They stay close on the heels of
the Hun, choosing bases only short
distances from the battle lines.
The group is a fast moving unit
and when the pace requires uses
“leap frog” procedures to keep the
full air strength in continuous con
tact with the enemy.
Until now the 324th Fighter
group has traveled 20,000 miles.
They are still traveling.
Rome has been passed. They will
keep traveling until Berlin and
Tokyo have been passed.
DR. N. B. McNUTT
DENTIST
Office in Parker Building
Over Canady’s Pharmacy
Phone 2-1457 Bryan, Texas
SUMMER HAS BEEN
LONG AND HARD ON CLOTHING.
If you have failed to get yours cleaned regularly,
then you have helped the summer wear your clothes
out faster. Remember that proper care of clothing
always makes the life of clothing last longer.
Keep Neat and Military by Keeping
Your Clothes Neat and Clean.
CAMPUS CLEANERS
TWO LOCATIONS
Over Exchange Store Next to George’s