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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1947
East Texas Firms
Donate $2500 to
A & M Research
Realizing that research will play
an important part in the develop
ment of East Texas lumber resour
ces, a group of Angelina County
business concerns have donated
$500 each to the A. & M. Research
Foundation, according to Dr. A. A.
Jakkula, director of the founda
tion.
Secured through the efforts of
E. L. Kurth, Lufkin businessman
and a member of the Research
Foundation board of trustees, con
tributions were made by the Luf
kin Foundry and Machine Com
pany, the Angelina County Lumber
Company, the Southland Paper
Mills, Inc., East Texas Theaters,
Inc., and Mr. Kurth.
The area in which the funds
were raised is in the heart of the
East, T.Wl) g lumber industry, Dr.
Jakkula stated- and is a section
whose present a nd P ast prosperity
has been due to'F ese a rc h. The
contributions were fi aade ^ or gen
eral administrative 0a
the Foundation in the be'l le J that
research will continue to pl^y an
Important part in the development
Df the area.
P. B. Pearson Named
American Chemical
Society President
Dr. P. B. Pearson has been elect
ed president for the year 1947-48
of the A. & M. Section of the
American Chemical Society.
Dr. Pearson is nutritionist for
the Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station and professor of animal
nutrition . in the School of Agri
culture. He has been an active
member of the American Chemi
cal Society since joining the staff
of A. & M. in 1937. He is also
a member of the American So
ciety of Biological Chemists and
the Biochemical Society of Eng
land.
The A. & M. Section of the Am
erican Chemical Society meets at
regular intervals and brings to
the campus distinguished men who
speak on various phases of chem
istry. Dr. David Rittenberg of
Columbia University addressed the
group at the December meeting.
More than 18,700 veterans of the
Dallas branch area have financed
home loans with the aid of govern
ment guarantees provided under
the GI gill. Slightly more than
1,200 have financed farm loans
and 2,527 have gone into business
under this system.
National AVC Meet
To Take Place in
June in Milwaukee
The national convention commit
tee of the American Veterans
Committee (AVC) announced De
cember 18 that the second annual
convention of the World War II
veterans organization will be held
from June 19 to June 22 in Mil
waukee, Wisconsin.
Gilbert Harrison, AVC vice-
chairman and chairman of the
convention site committee, said
that Milwaukee was the first
choice of the committee because
of its central location in relation
to AVC’s membership. He said
that holding the convention in June
would allow greater representation
of AVC’s college chapters than
would be possible during the aca
demic year.
Preliminary plans have been
made to hold the convention ses
sions in the Milwaukee Auditor
ium and to use the Schroeder Hotel
as convention headquarters.
H. L. Kastrul, chairman of the
Milwaukee Area Council of AVC,
sai3 that a Milwaukee pommittee
on convention arrangements is be
ing formed.
At home in her New York apart
ment, ABC actress Mary Hull,
heard on “My True Story” relaxes
with a copy of “Actors Cues,”
the publication giving the inside
dope on Broadway theatre doings.
A feature of WTAW, Mon., thru
Fri. at 9:00 a. m.
Banquet to Highlight
3-Day Short Course
In Corn Production
A banquet to be held Tuesday
nighfcj Jahuaty 7, in Sbisa Hall at
7 p. m. will highlight the. three-
day Hybrid Corn Production Fhort
Course.
Saddled ItfUp and
Rode to Orphanage
Keyes F. “Kit” Carson, of Cuero,
Class of ’40, promised as a reward
“the biggest turkey in the coun
try” to anyone who recovered the
guns and other articles stolen
from his car in Chicago recently.
On Sunday, December 22, he
paid off, with a 46-pound bird to
Detectives James Derrig and An
thony Thurston, who had arrested
the burglars and recovered the
loot. The two detectives looked
at the bird and looked at each
other.
“Will it go in your oven?” ask
ed Derrig. “No,” said Thurston,
“will it go in your’s?”
They took it to St. Vincent’s
orphanage, where the children de
cided it was about the right size
for their oven.
Carson, it will be remembered
by many, received national publi
city during 1939-40 for his hitch
hiking experiences while at A. &
M.
CLASSIFIEDS
ATTENTION ENGINEERS: Get your
engineers’ math chart at the Exchange
Store.
Former Prisoners
May File Claim at
VA Office in Waco
The Veterans Administration has
announced that special considera
tion will be given to disability
claims filed by veterans who were
interned in enemy prison camps
during World War II.
The announcement was based on
a thorough study of the effects
of malnutrition on former Amer
ican prisoners of war.
More than 125,000 servicemen
were repatriated from “PW”
camps during the war. Most re
ceived special treatment and care
after they were freed and appar
ently regained their health. But
some still may be suffering from
the after effects of their confine
ment and thus might be entitled
to disability compensation.
The after-effects of malnutrition
vary and, in certain cases, do not
show up until long after the pri
soners of war have been released
from confinement. Therefore, for
mer prisoners of war who have
any reason to believe they are suf
fering from a disability as a result
of their confinement may file a
claim with their nearest VA of
fice.
This short course will
growers and prospective grt
practical instruction on the
ture of com to produce max :
yields; on diseases and insect
and their control; on drying
cessing and storing hybrid
corn; and on inspection an
tification.
Agencies cooperating in st
the short course are the Sch
Agriculture, Texas Agrici
Experiment Station and Ext
Service, and the Texas I
Seed Corn Association. Of
of this organization are Jadk
per, San Marcos, president,
REWARD
For the return of 1 triangular,
white edged architect’s scale
and 1 pair of 4" triangles which
disappeared from my desk in
Rm. F, Anchor Hall between
noon Thursday, Dec. 12 and Dec.
13. Scale so old it has the num
bers which read from the left
in the groove. The name Brown
lettered in the groove with black
ink. The 30-60 triangle has the
name Maxine S. stamped into it
with purple stain.
MRS. W. B. LOWE
w.
•arden
. .able type-
writei- ^ > East 30th
Street o. <•
N O T I C . . IELD AGGIES :
LEFT ’46 CLa IN AGGIE SER
VICE STATION -ISED G.P.W. ON
INSIDE. OWLS N OUTSIDE. RE
TURN TO 105 NO. 4. REWARD.
R. V. Miller, Austin, secretary.
Corn hybrids, developed by the
Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station, were first tested in com
parison with open pollinated var
ieties in 1940. In 1946, one-fifth
of the total corn-growing acreage
of the State, or approximately
1,000,000 acres was planted with
com hybrids. During these seven
years, the acreage planted to corn
hybrids has doubled each succeed
ing year.
st Wishes
for the
New Year
Aggies
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opening the Exchange Store will need 50 extra sales
people, billing clerks, etc.
15 to 20 will be needed by January 15 and balance
by January 25.
G. I. students, G. I. wives, and cadets will be given
preference. Minimum rate 50c per hour.
Apply to—
ROBT. B. BARHAM
Personnel Director
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