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Page 2 The Battalion Friday Afternoon, April 12, 1946 Ouch! Parking Meters ... Every so often the city of Bryan dusts off its parking meters and starts collecting nickels and dimes from motor ists. Usually, too, they collect a few dollars in fines from College Stationites who haven’t gotten the word that the heat is on again. This week followed the traditional pattern. The vic tims of the new enforcement are rather riled up about it. “Bryan must be pretty low on funds,” they moan, “or they’d have let us know about the one-armed bandits being back.” The truth is that the Bryan police did a good job in passing the word around Bryan itself, but they largely ig nored College Station, despite the fact that the largest num ber of shoppers from outside Bryan undoubtedly comes from here. This is about the only consolation we can offer those who were haled into Bryan court this week: (1) there are just as many people in Bryan who hate the meters as there are in College Station; (2) if past experience is any criterion, the meters will all be out of order again in six months or less. (Who said “We hope so”?). In the meantime, better feed the meters, when you park in Bryan. Houston Press to Present Story of "Texas A. & At In World War IT' Veterans Sponsor Special Section In Service Book The Veterans Board at a meet ing last night voted to indorse and sponsor a Special Section in the Brazos County Service Book, which will be devoted exclusively to Aggie Veterans and will be de dicated to the Seven Hundred Ag gies who made the Supreme Sacri fice in this war. Similar to the School Annual the book will also include other Brazos County Veterans, it will list the pictures, Military histories and the permanent addresses of all Vete rans now in the College. The Hon or Roll Section will pay homage to all these Aggies who fell in World War I. President Gene Howard of the Veterans Club, speaking for the board said, “We believe that this is an opportunity of which every Veteran should take advantage. There is to be absolutely no charge to include every Veterans picture, which makes it possible for us to have a complete record of all the Ex-Servicemen now in school. Those men who will want and can afford a copy of the book, may reserve one by paying one dollar deposit and $3.50 when the book is published in about five weeks. The others will all be listed free of charge. We hope that in fair- HOT WEATHER is here to stay now--- One of your most needed articles is SUN -TAN CREAM Skol, Jan and Gaby Brands AGGIELAND PHARMACY On the Corner North Gate Future Wardens to Give Program on Texas Wildlife Six members of the game war den class will present a series of talks on wildlife at the Fish and Game Club meeting Monday, April 25, at 7:15 in the Animal Industries Building. ness to everyone that all the Ex- Servicemen will turn in pictures and fill out the blanks which will be provided. We should have 100% of our Veteran Enrollment. ,, Information blanks will be dis tributed through House Masters and dormitory representatives and a Central spot will be selected where pictures and blanks will be turned in. The Universal Publish ing Company of Dallas who will publish the book guarantee that all pictures will be returned un damaged. Headquarters will be set up on Monday and pictures will be ac cepted each day from 8 to 6 until Easter Vacation. Further details will be announced in the “Bat talion.” Mrs. C. D. Newsome B. S. in Business Administration Public Stenographer Over Aggieland Studio - N. Gate Hours 9-5 How the Aggies “went to war like an Irish clan” and what they did to win total victory will be described in a four-part series to begin Monday in The Houston Press. “Texas A. & M. In World War II” is the title. It traces the highlights of Ag- gieland’s war effort on the battle- fronts and on the homefront from the emergency meeting of the A. & M. executive committee while Jap planes still were over Pearl Harbor until the Aggies hold their “Victory Homecoming” and Mus ter at College Station next Sun day. A. & M/s familiar khaki and its Maroon and White will be fea tured in the first of the series in an unusual color printing feature by The Press. Special arrangements to distrib ute the paper on the Aggie cam pus while the series runs and when former students begin arriving next Friday have been made, offi cials of the newspaper said. Jim Carroll, Press staff writer, spent two days on the campus as sembling material for the series. He dug into the Former Student files, the college records, talked with President Gilchrist and other officials and students. The series will describe how the school supplied 20,000 fighting men, how it turned out 14,000 of ficers against 9000 put into World War II by West Point. It will give the price the Aggies paid— at least 694 dead, some 2000 wound ed, hundreds held as captives in misery and humiliation. It will tell of the six Aggie Con gressional Medal winners and how the glory these men won will be spread to all Aggies who died and Watch Repairs One Day Service Stems — Crowns and Main Springs One Week Service Cleaning — Staffs T. C. HINMAN Lauterstein Bldg. - N. Gate all who served at the Muster on Kyle Field. The series will relate how Ag gies the world around, met, mus tered, rollicked among themselves regardless of rank or danger, how the Corregidor Muster sent a “mes sage of cheer to a nation knocked to its knees by a trick punch.” Each day The Houston Press will devote at least one full page of pictures and stories to “Texas A. & M. In World War II as a prelude to the “Victory Homecom ing” and as a tribute to the World War II record of Texas A. & M. College—from Tunisia to Tokyo, and back the other way. It concludes with a “reporter’s eye view” of the college itself, during the war and its prospects for the future, its assets and needs. “Texas A. & M. in World War II” starts Monday in The Houston Press. FEA TURES Aggie House-Marms (EDITOR’S NOTE*. Presented herewith is the tenth of a series of thumbnail sketches on the house masters in chargre of the non-military dormitories on the campus.) E. F. (GENE) HOWARD is 22 years old, from Ul Paso, taking Civil Engineering. Entered serv ice in March, 1943 as a private and” was separated in September, 1945 as a 1st Lieutenant. Served seven months in European Theatre with' the 8th Air Force. Flew 26 mis-* sions as pilot and received Air Medal with three clusters, ETO ribbon with three campaign stars. Is assistant to Taylor Wilkins, as sistant director of Student Affairs. NEW OPENING TODAY 4:30 ’til 9:00 o’clock REMODELED and RESTOCKED VARNER’S JEWELRY — Bryan — WATCHES — DIAMONDS — SILVER AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH College Station REV. FRED MGEBROFF, Pastor We cordially invite you to worship with us in the follow ing services on PALM SUNDAY, APRIL 14. 6:00 p.m.—Sunday School 6:15 p.m.—Student’s Bible Class 7:00 p.m.—Divine worship service with celebration of Holy Communion Please notice that ALL Lutheran services are held in the Assembly Room, Second Floor, of the Y. M. C. A. Offers i A New Two-Day Dry Cleaning Service with the affiliation of LOUPOT’S TRADING POST North Gate J. E. Loupot, ’32 NO BULL, AGGIES One stop will convince you. Service and Supplies NEW — USED — REPAIRS STUDENT CO-OP STORE Ed Garner, ’38 TINY TIM IS A NITWIT. HE THINKS HE'S A JOCKEY. IT S FUNNY HOW KIDS HAVE TO HAVE TOYS TO PLAV WITH. BUT AH ME, THEM WAS THE HAPPY DAYS. I ALMOST WISH I’D NEVER GROWN The Season is right for gifts. Your mother or the little girl back home will love it. No gift is equal to YOUR PICTURE No Appointment Necessary A. & M. PHOTO SHOP North Gate