The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 07, 1947, Image 1

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 07, 1947, Image 1

Newspaper Page TextJVErs IN BRIEF TORNADO HITS ORANGE bri«f bat YW*nt tora.do ripp^J d * oth#r», V Mir imaging 400 MM penon and Into dark nets. - •i proxinuMl N •t of Ortiyga, wm HU k »pjtari'ntly the lam* T v * * u % - PUBLISHED in THE INTEREST OF A GREATER ARM COLLEGE Volume 47 COLLEGE STATION (AffMand), TEXAS, FRIDAY, 1947 Number 83 throwing tho ef[y Beaumont, - milaa due oeat by a tornado, . one, tail night, i 110 COTTON FIRE tUltOCK. Tn. ( Nov. 1 <*-. Kundradi el Kale* of cotton bnmd throughout laat night a* on Anton, Tog., fatten yard wa> ftOlMOtMl it iUW.tKHt f,„n, „ wlml>and-tlu*t «torm.fanned fire FAGS FI.ARM GORDON AI0BA, Cnllf., Nay. Y UF^St- VloraUon of the unlyeret on an "undreamed«or tcale la not for off In the fbrth« tuning raohet age predleta Dr. Frill IwTcky. Califor nia Itootitute of Technology aclen* Uat. , Rocket-borne teleecopee photo graphing the heaeena at helghU bf 800 to 600 mile* will expand tremendously preeent knowledge of the uniyene, Dr. Zwicky, pro- feaeor of aitrophyaic*, told army and navy officiate yeaterday. RUSSIA CLAIMS A-BOMB MOSCOW, Not. 7 +JJH- For eign MinieMt V. M. Molotov an nounced to a cheering audience yeaterday (hat the aecret of the atom bomb no Ibnger exiota. A battery of microphone* car ried hla address to all comers of the Soviet Union on this eve of the SOth anniversary of Russia’s revolution. Molotov said Britain was col- dsborating with the Americans In the acquisition of bases which were ‘‘not designed for defense purposes but as a preparation for aggres- ft - •lion. ___ ' \ WASHINGTON DOUBTFUL WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -UK | 1 Initial reaction here to Soviet For eign Minister Molotov’s speech was that It was designed mainly for home consumption. The construction attached by re sponsible authorities here is that the remark was intended to calm any rising fears ia the Soviet Un ion abodt Russia's awn know!,-.!*, of and ifiwimahly Its ability to manufalturf tpe bomb AftuallF, the convteiion of fieials here If | not hayf any atomic if Ml MMMf Nl Sieeedlitlly The Pictures Behind the News # s s Photographic and Visual Aids Lab Hold&jjOpen House’Monday If I AH'IS The Phot ngrs Aids Uboratoiy phw win VlSUll MM staff, inspection by the co||||i ■ Monday from » a. m until I p. m. according t« Diiwctqi Howard Her story trlnt- w In Jamboree; Two Dances Slated T“ naking osalid Russia uf |irmiuring 1 It ft H IftM ft M lOIMM . ttamr fhaifte. W Fsrvlle, HIM • tMM t Ilf 11 iiUp M tSf lSr,Xa rleTT PA. GA., Nov, , Morrta. chi R. E. Thomi knocked down and HOWARD BERRY, director, to csughl Ittr* to mm of hto off moMfoto—working I ry, Inrludfd equipment le • new omIM prln 1 I Int machine that turns out n bint- print In 10 seconds and • print dryer that makes It possible to i>rt**sa 860 print* in hour. The leberntory Itself le Inrgt •neugh to aecommudsu medium- sited group* for photographs, or for previewing films intended for classroom use. Film strips for departmental film litonnes can be mode In the leborniMf. The deportment le now maki film stripe, slides, o4H prints in Addition (o the rsgMer photographic work, K. rry stated. A graduate of Miaaiseippi State, B.-rry came to College Station In 19:tl. With the exception of three yean of a naval photographic sup- ply officer during the war, ha haa been with the college since that tiiM. He is married and has a fifteen-year-old son. Roy F. Hager of Hickory, North Carolina, Is the official photo grapher but be also helps in the dark room. A navy veteran, Hager received his traimnf at the Naval Photographic School el Pensacola, Florida. With the photographic de partment since September, he is married and has one daughter. Sound - tasting equipment for movie pro>«tori is now on order and Charles Gebaaer of Bryan will make the projector repairs Form erly employed by the Aixlio-Video Corporation of Houston, he began working for the college August I. He ia married and the fattier of two children. All members of the Photographic and Visual Alda staff will be ready Monday to ohow visitors through their Quarters and demonstrate to them the UMs of the venous types af equipment. SMU Dance Team, Singing Cadets, Quartet to Appear Hy FARRIS HI.IN K Tht fftWmtheart ftoxtot, tlx firla from TSCW who h«r« tnonlsq in the ,, mod*rn M manner, will the Aggie Jamboree Saturday night at 7 .30 p.m., Bill Tfmer. director . of the Singing Cadeta and Aggi< land Orchentm. announced yeaterday. The sextet. Turner said, will replace the Mustang Men, '• —O ♦all-male chorus from Southern Methodist University, who <3an<-vU led their engagement for this Sst- urday. i Adding a bit of local color to the Aggieland Orchestra on the Jam- iMrae will be Helen Buchanan of Bryin, who wfll sing “One Kiss’* and Cole Porter’s “Night and Da/’. Mils Buchanan was featur- I ed with the A Capella Choir at the Lions- International Conven- Aggies, Officials Lay Groundwork For Corps Trip ftlnaUon* late I months ifWr Far ed publicity man ROW iT AUGUST William 8, Govarnor M lion af the Democrs Georgia, was hnockf pummeled hy a supporter of Her man Talntadge in the Richmond County Suparior Court room to day. . RUSSIA STILL IN 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Nov. 7 •S-Russia’s Andrei Y. Vishinsky de clared in effect today that the So viet Union would reeist any at tempt to exclude it from member- ship in the United Nations. SHOOT AT PREMIER * RANGOON, BURMA, Nov. 7- oFv—A government communique said Premier Thakin Nu narrowly • escaped assassination today when six shots were fired at him while«from Waco to the ui TEXAN IN AKUVS CLOTHING—Enroute from Saudi Arabia to Texas fog s short visit is K. J. EDWARDS, Bxteaaioa District agent who left College Station several months ago on aa sgrlcuharal mission. *. Houston Chamber of Commerce To Award Gtations to Corps By JIMMIE NELSON The Houston Chamber of Commerce Committee on Military Af fair* has Just completed arrangements to award citation cords to the winnera of varioaa military honors at A. A M . according to an an- nouneogMnt by Colonel G. B. Meloy, PM BAT. , Thoae swards will re present an Invsatment of some $100 and are offarod as incentive toward the»- - - ■■ ■ (ievslopmest of military pruflden-1 gg 0 , . c *^ Metcrments School (urps memhers si AAM, CnUmsI Msloy listed thst he ho- iiovM the move SB the port of the Mims ton iftnip wee Sid only in rlty CHARLES GEBAUER, technician for the Photographic and Visual Aids labors ton, repair* a 16mm. sound projector, Roy HAGER, photographer, to shown above with the device used to photograph small objects an copy material for lantern slides. he was returning by automobile to Rangoon. BURMA FREED LONDON,-Nov. 7 The- House of Commons approved last night on its decisive second reed ing a government - snensoted bill granting Burma full independence on Jan. 6, 1848. The vote was 288 to 114. 21 Range Management Students Study Range Problems in West '' Twenty-one students in Range Management 804, under the su pervision of Dr. Vernon A. Young, Instructor David G. Wilson, and Assistant Range and Pasture Specialist Alfred H. Walker, xpent three days studying various range problems on certain ranges and ranches snd areas between Post and Lubbock. College Station Saturday morning, November 1, day night The group It and returned late ~ The first stop w< bonnet Plant near and vegetational noticed. Near Bros mday night at the Blue- sco where soil ferences were an over- utilised livestock range, support ing weeds and short gross vege- klHta with considerable eivsion evident, was compared with adja cent small areas supporting prop erty grated tall grass vegetation. WILD CAMPAIGN In the vicinity of Coleatan, areas MANILA, Nov T —UK— One were observed where meaquite had Philippine Congressman was or-1 been killed by keyoeane dered arrested for sedition another wm repfrted shot and a third wm sued toT HW M the Republic', national shwliant fmw neiiat. M l OUT COLD _ ; fAu.Hf* i DiHtinguiHhed Student Cards Distinguished Bladent Cords ore available for the stadenU who distiaguished laat epriag, the Registrar'a Office sane*ne ed today. StadenU ehoald call hy Window 7 at the Registrar's Office to get their cards. amlohln h IK ■A ** y lr*v WmM h«lh • fs«'l XaMHUiiim sm M qurwR a *mry«»nr rlw IM* wa« unean- sriuui Fnllre said tafftmn monotlde hod frllrd Ihem. on# after anolher drwhyTroiih aid ^ NEW YORK, Nnv. 7 -tot- Oovemor Thomas K. Dtwif ftknw his full support behind an aid-to F.urope program, urging prompt and effretivt help for frUe nations abroad but demanding that It be admlnlaUrud on a bus mess-Him basis under “genuinely bi-parti •.an" direction At Peat, one and a half days wars spent on some of the out- llMl4HjN«IIMk’tWWhaa In that ruglon The tour was under the •upwvtemn af ('ounty Agent David f. Raftaa, A. A M. ifhAWi, amto- ted hy Merle Rrtlton of the Anil ('nneervatnm Berviee, Uwls Nsnc« ind Robert OlUsnn ttf the Vetemn* SOatM I Utltu I HattoiMtl mstai llmasi sam V***VIV tVvVUflf fw. rf4**lt | nVVIl sfWlltJP i&A Socirtiw To Hear Accountant LAYS HALF EGG OLEAN, N. Y- Nov. 7 ^ Mrs. Herman .Hoffman’s white rock hen compromised on oh voice of ufgtoss Thursday—she laid Just hall aa ogg. That egg ap peered m H had been eat in two and sealed with a transparent film bat had a compleU yotk. - MARTIN RACKS TRUMAN WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -M Speaker Martia lined up i President Truman yesterday in op- poeition to any tax reduction legis lation at the special session Congress starting Nov. 17. "Constructive Management Str ict Rendered hy Public Aesount- ants" will be discUased at a Joint meeting of the Business sad Ac counting Bocietiee to be held in the Agricultural Engineering Lecture k»am at 7:80 p. m., November 11 Edwin Heinen will be the speaker Heinen, a native Texan, la a graduate of the School of Busi ness of the Unhrendty of Texas. He it a Certified Public Account ant and Km been associated with Ernst A Ernst for more than twen ty years. At present he is South weetern System Manager for that firm, in charge of budgeting, cost accounting, and related services in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Heinen is a member of the Amer- ican Institute of Accountants, the Texas .'vxnety of Certified Put, Accountants, the Society for the Advancement of Management, and other accounting and prof t -Mionsl Scotty Samson, one of the ranchers of the general region. The first range inspected was owned by Bryan J. Williams, where pure bred Hereford* have been successfully menaced for a number of yean on Buffalo Grass and Blue Gama Grass Ranges. The policy oa this range has been to gras* on a sustained yield bail* and when neceaeary to supplement this with cultivated pastures and concentrates. This year the ranch obtained a 17 per rent calf erep. The Slaughter Rauch wm gtven particular • Mention where the early pioneer livestaek grasing was introduced on IM sections of land Here a detailed study wm made of the desirable range plants earn men te Weet Te»o# The management prineipale employed aa Ibis ranch were reviewed later In the evening hy moving piettires prepared hy John l*tt, the preeeni ipperlnten f N. Taylor, another A. A M, graduate, explained a number ef mrail (SMMmste wml tisos -.ai——«. feto* ** * i vra % Iteft |'»R4 t llv*P Ofl ili$* 0. B. Ranch. One-half day woe spent en the Double U Ranch, which mn*i«t. «.f 100 sections of grasing land on which many water tank* and oihm developments were oboefved. In the •ante vicinity the etadenta studied range and farming abuses that caused the moveatent of sand apd a distinct change of vegetation. Large areas of Bhhtnery Oak that are poisonous te cattle during the Essay Contest On Brahman Cattle Begins This Year early leaf bud period are ■ in this region and only by proper management are cattle legate re duced to e minimum. The following students made the trip: D. A. Anderson, C. C Bolykin, T. T. Christian, R. G Crawford, Mauriee S. Dew, W. E. Dickens, J. T. Estes. J. L Gross, C. A. Havard. G. D. Hoffman, Wm T. Matlock, E. A. Manning, R. McKinney, J. F. Morgen, J. L Owens, W. B. Page. D. B Polk D. R. Rhodes, C. E. Van Horne, and •May < come nationwide will get under way shortly. The essays will deal In the etudy of Brahman settle, Dr, T. F. Mayo head of the English department, h«p. A announced The eontest. iponeured by the American Brahman Breedere’ A» kiM'ialiun and under (he supervision •f (he Englleh depnrimeni uf the mdlege, ends in May nf n*n yirnr The winner will be •wnrded.b (aid toNSUlhl (Aillift Wlm ssmsoas* uiiMii—Aii txlt wmrri WVlf7 frf» irmiiiT FlipI'lixrtofl ftlfft mMMm •uhmlMad an nrilele an (I af Brahman rattle In Yprm. . article wra published In (he Brah man Breeder Feeder Magesine and resolved* such w«A iratotol Mill (he national association contacted the college. The result was the ar ranging ef the contact. If It gees ever ea it le ea- Mted. other roiiegee will he contacted aloag the same Unco. The agricultural (irpsnment will ■elect three topics for essays and submit them to the English de partment, which will make the final topic selection relationship between Hnueton and A AII These fliatlea fords will he glvea la recegaltlon ef Ike net- suadlag ualt of the /Mr. the wianer of the ('aldwsll Trophy, snd the eutateadlag cadet of each regtmeat every year. The outstanding unit of the year ia to be Judged amtrding to the showing made et corps, regimen tal, and march-by reviews and for mal inspections. This unit will be selected on a basis of military pro ficiency alone and should not be confused with the Moore Trophy Winner, which is designated as the best “all-around" unit, A citation cord of maroon color spCcklcd with white will be issued to all individual cadeta who are assigned os members oi such unit, aa followe: Individual cadeta who were os-1 signed to the unit (and not remov ed from the unit for disciplinary reasons) during the yrar for which the citation was earned arc enti tled to wear the unit citation cord during the following school year only. Individual cadeta who are sub sequently assigned to a unit which earned the citation during the pre vious school year, are entitled to wear the unit citation cord during the school year Immediately fol lowing as long os they remain as signed'to the uait. A Citation cord of maroon and white will be issued to the indi vidual cadet chosen by the military department as winner of the Cald well Trophy and will become a per- manent part of their eadet tmi- “ Bjja Ta Individual Cadeta A citation cord of whlta color speckled frith marten threads will he leaned (a the individual cadeU ehaenn hy the military department INrars SR6 Stayt iSHtogtoter The twentytaeventh annual ntot- trice I metermen’s sehonl neared the "standing room only" stage yeaterday aa registration rose to a total of 188 In (he two eoureee offered. Martin C, Hughes, head of the electrical etigiaeering department, one of the school’s sponsors, wm principal speaker at the banquet last night. He waa lntroduced by Floyd A. Salmon 6t Corpus Chriiti president of thm- Southwestern Electrical Metermen’s Association. Classes end this evening, but meter supervisors from over the Southwest will ikmain on the cam pus, and Saturday morning will elect new officers of the Meter- men’s association. Professor N. F. Rode, director of the course, has been in charge of the advanced course, while Profes sor L. M. Haupt ha» led the be ginners’ section A committee representing Cadet Corps, the veteran student body, and the school administra tion met with representative of the city of Houston and Rice Institute yesterday to formulate plane for the A. A M.-Rice game to be play ed November 15. The committee met first with representatives of the Houston Police Department, the Houston Chamber of Commerce, and the Houston A. A M. Ex-Students’ As sociation to plan the route of march for the corps parade and to select a site for midnight yell prac tice Friday before the game. The parade will be held Satur day morning at 10 a. m. and will extend for seventeen blocks through downtown Houston. The B ill practice will be held at City u*ir Hall which Is eituated in front o^the Houston Coliseum. Dean of Men W. L Penberthy Colonel U, R Meloy, and Lt. OI Jae B Davis aeeompanied the five cadets and on# veteran student who mm (he trto, Olwtel (he Cuepe William L tor riaee Fresldeni El- iph I Wefenm I rip!! reeeatallVM. tion in San Franriecp during the MlBMt- “Those men from the West"— the Aggie Ramblers—will make their all-college debut Saturday night eu the stage of Guinn Hall. The Singing Cadets, «R-strong,* will sing a brand new Fred War ing arrangement of the spiritual “Dry Bones” with sound effects by Jimmy Jones. Also included will be the fMt-moving Christmas jfar- ol, "Carol of.the Bells", and the rhythmic spiritual, “Set Down Ser vant" by Shaw. Aggirinmri “gift" to the song world. The Barbershop Quartet now- known as the “Aggie-nisers" will kick the tunes sr.-uml “Caro lina in the Morning" and "Pretty Baby.” - SMU Dance Team Un-American donee team Pan I turria sod T«»v Tuylur fret* rn Methodist University will he guest artists an the Jamboree • ttabets may he purehaeed •( the dour for 81 rents This admis sion includes (he regular Union Hal) movie, "I* R»n» Madeleine,*' Frtdav Dance I (a II tonight (he Aggie Orchestra will (da/ fnr the flral pre-tame danee of the .tea* nlslon for this affair •III pomthg Committee made the (a tan With Wire Xtudmtt ReM*#, Admlslon for Ibis affair , .It $1.M), with or without a dale. At • dinner In the Houston Club Turner said that the danee would Ihe Houston t’htmho» be ever In tttne for student* and 1 • their dates to attend midnight yell ^ tmunerro’i, Military Affair* Uttee, the A. A M. detaga- waa Urid of • special award given hy of Com Commi tion wan the Committee wraa planning to in augurate at A. A M. the award will consist of citation cords to be worn on the left shoulder by mem* ben of the outstanding military unit of the Cadet Corps, the win ner of the Caldwell Trophy, snd tip outstanding cadets of the var- ious regiments. The group visited Rice Institute later in the afternoon snd met there with student representatives including the head yell Wader, President of the Student Body; Senior, Junior, snd Sophomore Class Presidents, and the news editor of the school paper, The Rice ThrMUp. ‘-j Held praetiev r * Katurday Donee A poet-game dance will he in Rblsa Hall tomorrow night, with the Aggieland Orchestra making their third appearance in one week end. Ats£ scheduled from 9 to mid night. this all-colWge dance will cost $1.60, stag or drag. E. J. Boland of Lynn, Mo^chu- ’ setts, instrument sales manager for General Electric company and one of the meter course lecturers, spoke to the AAM student chapter of the American Institute of Elec trical Engineers Wednesday night describing wartime developments in metering, i Port Arthur Aggie Receives Citation Edward L. Sanders Jr., veteran student from Port Arthur has been swarded s gold star in lieu of second and third air medals. Eighth Naval District headquart ers in New Orleans has announced. Sanders, a veteran of aerial ac tion over Okinawa and Islands in Prints submitted in the Camera J *P* n 7« Club contest for tfctober will be| for in on display R. Stone. yesterday. fereon High School in Port Ar- The meeting will be over in time thur snd Lamar College, Beau- for students to attend Town Hall, merit ' , Camera Ctob to Dtaptay test for TJrtober will be ^ , T"!! iv Monday at 7 D m C. ** M P* 1 ®* ® f • f»*hter plane l president, 1 ijmiuiced ®tJh^ to the U88 Randolph. , r He is a graduate of Thomas Jef- N. B. C. Star is Native of Auld Sod Autatanding «f the etilriaiMllM In military piipBi ry, discipline, leoderskip, scholar ship, and campus srhierement Methed ef Wsariag^M the mi will Christopher Lynch, Irish Tenor, Appears Monday Night-Guum The button holes of to fMtaned ta the left shoulder looptotb>». under the loon with the large braided cord under the left arm, the ferret hanging down in front and the two single cord* forming loops on the outside of the left upper am. It la open to all I rash area In English 164 fnr the calendar year 1847-48, Dr. Mayo aaya. The •Mays shall cantata more than LM6 words. Judges will to one from the agri cultural department one from the English department and one from the American Brahman Breodary’ Association, of which Gail Whit comb la manager of the Houston Baptists Sponsor Hayride Saturday An SMU leave the < Baptist Church the Jamboree In urday night, Ea/ city director of the Union, stated today StadenU, ' ried eoupta invited to l R> J, T, MIl l.RR il fraiure iWimi Uhrie* to Irish taiwr whu Fawn Hall Monday he Is eelualiy * nat he flftad young lener wae born in (to town m Rath- heute, Cnunly Limerick, 14 yean "^During hie early childhood. Lyneh wm • choirboy in tto local church. When hie votae "hrake", little difference wae apparent Int the som with which he could still reach the alto parte of the church While traiutag for hie mutleal reer, the young toner wm for tunate in having thrra Angola" to guide him ovar the rough spots and to smooth hie financial tend. A bank maimesr’a wtto present ed him a repertory of "Moore’s Melodise" snd some af the totter known operatic artol. After proc uring several months on tto songs. Lynch sought os audition at ths Savoy Theatre ta Dublin, proving ground for many Irtah stagers ,. After n tang wait fortune finoL oeal reside nu, mar- |y smiled on Lynch. He replaced and SMU guests are ooe of the ston of the Dublin .togs end. - »to » cincort, and hla voko wna ne- CHRIBTOPHER LYNCH youag Irishman. H» pul a( Lynch's dlspiwal many af Ihe tosi lutwra nf ihe eunllnonl A private ruelial a! .(to end nf a sli mnnih iralnlng pertad launehv^ ed I yneh nn (to read to fame, toveral notahlmi. amuno them Cat dlnal McRury, Arehlindnip of, Ar magh. trerv proseat fur hie dtonil Tto prose carried the dliUnguishml churchman's wards of ptftoM "Tto purest, swootost voire that has been heard in Ireland for a great many years ” From the Dublin state Lynch went to London, then to New York. He he* appeared over N. B. C. on tto Firestone Hour, and has Just recently completed a series of con certo on the stage of Carnegie Hall, New York City. , Tto program for Monday night's Town Hall performance includes ition* familiar to Perpetual Mo- riaimod by tto critical audience as prommiiig Later Lynch took lessons from Dr. O’Brimi, coach of the late great Jobs McCormack world, - famed Irtah tenor. Dr. O’Rnen, above all hta teachers and coaches, has re ceived tto asoat credit from tto several compo*it i Aggtaa: Weber’s tion”. Ltaxt's “Hungarian Rhap sody", and “Tarantella", by Gar- giulo. among others. i Tletoto will be on sole at the Gutan Hall box office Monday rttght. General admission tickets are $1, and student tickets are $*••. The program will begin at 8.

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 07, 1947, Image 1

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