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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1947)
■ •v r MU »] I * T I ]l |. iv i ‘ - • Benney The sordid cas* t E. Meyers, how log committee, ni the back-handed q ican Arniy offioeji and possibly ofh a great gap in th« Meyers utilize to issue war coij his own pockets, huge profit by products,of his; r-T i 1 of Majl r (general Bennett ;fbre a j ?' mate investigat- only t( ri rjgs th attention l^uble-dcjil ijigs oif an Amer- ip timq Of war, but also, lOire ulil diajte importance,, Am^rici;! jiudlicial system. hijs : f itential position racts \ti H which to line -o. jKot coni ehfc with reaping a y Uoosting; tfn? prices of the lis | iAmejric| nf Electric Co., a crime in itself woith full priMecUtion, Meyers went even furthfe ' to set;j|) dummy jobs in the company ahd‘collect'-iHe;salaries. Thus, he stands as a tniito» to t|e; Americaft war effort rivaling Bonediict i^iiold. And, under vfhat charts Is this saboteur prosecuted ? ’ I [ | I " Income Tab E vasion! That’s the oply' 'ichkrdb|a| present under which the Justic j Department can ask .,for Meyer’s indictme|t. For ifplkrently, income •tejx evasion is th 'V A Fore; T tagged as incom i reticence before) Chairman J] House ConimitU ties branded thq t' and offered to U iythe > over wit^ names frpmr . Among thos^ eral Clarks report , ty, the German-^ Klan, Columbian^ and the now-d|s Mobilization for the release coijt schools, principi edias “adjuncts ( jM IT r ; ; I i r ’ • . • !• ' • ; I . I; lit! • l !i- ■ b- 'W ■ : : d is te^hnidally guilty of committing, NOt even thel|Army itself, it seems,"omri haiid on Jjleyers. Retired August 31, 1945 Mclyers is,j technically, not subject to Army control npw, even though he is draw ing <ver $500 retired pay. The Army is hav- ’i" ri JU-t HI f 1 ; ing its difficulties trying to recfcll him to duty so that he ipight qndergd court martial proceedings. The; whole incident) recalls the case of A1 Capone, the infamous Chicago racketeer who, after years of draining the pockets of the ‘little people” in Chicago, was finally convicted—not of racketeering but of income tax evasion: .And it looks like that’s about all the Just ce Department will be able to pin on wa fviiljr r\na nf A rrws*M/,Q*0 rv\rva+ J SO / ■ ' ) 11 r" i H'". 1 [i|" : Letters to the Edit© iekens Acciden ppy Holida bagged her husband near Richmond, 1 I . ' 1 sband, I. W. Morris, 33i, als6 of !' ■ as * _ a.l_#_ a. .j 99 was reported in “satisfaetdry” con- Ri< spital in Richmoi thich he received md his wife were following a hunting 0 shotgun wounds. * ting deer on their hen the accident oc- ^PPfffPtlil ! 1 Id rill) If ■■■■■■■■I 1 The objective was a deer but Mrs. I. W‘ Morris ------- - Va., recentl; Her Quaker Sta dition acciden' M farm neak curred. a | caretaker accom hunt said a fence-rbw when Mrsi. Morris, ih the excitement of the hunt; fired at the first thlf- - 1 '" "— —” ; ”~ Two blasts from her 12-; shotgun struck Morris in the hip and stomach, ac cording to Sheriff V.j W. Lovelace who investigated the shooting. Morris was taken to Williamsburg hospital and then taken to the Richmond Hospital for removal of the shot. MrsJ! Morris, Iwh^n questioned by reporters, had oil Villiamsburg, Va., ; them • Morrisek were hidden in brush along lying them 1 on the “no comment.” ’I r Meyirs, trltly one dou|:le-cro$sers of It woulicj seem only cjfitne tlhis scoundrel Wiki No Trees . i. .4 if - ■ I -T . 1 of America’s most greedy all time, jj that a country that is will ing to spepd billions to preserve its way of life, would; be interested enough IN that way Vto provide adequate means of punish- men for those who fail to appreciate it. COMMON DECENCY? Editor, The Battalion:' For sbjhie time your editorial column has campaigned for a broader j-ducational program for the school, but after last Saturday j l night’s exhibition in Guion Hall it seems that what u \ •i I . From the Aft l>rjieX j(j inil|al]s office lasf Week came a new Sistiiilg fl ’ s|i|bserkive or sus- loyality of government workers, and Clark pected suibLsersi\ e|org4riif aiiphsj and though insisted that membership in one of the desig- ptesj&hf j) were t! t: The listings are to be used in checking life te, 3t wqeived a lacing for nateiil organizations would be consideret e ink tjas,scarcely dry.. as “qne piece of evidence” in any parti Parnelli Tfonjaa of the case n Ui -American Activi- The designations are timely and the fsfingk 1 H Vitterly farcial” poseiadnjirable, but in the forest pf com l Deferis ined t y on t the; C<! only cular pur- muh- ive need- most is a course, ih tact and common de- cency. The occasion for the outburst aippearhhce «f a choral attractive young women, ni explojiive element on the campus, from the University of Texas. After making an extended trip with no compensation for the purpose of ohtertaining the Gipon audience, they were met with one ojf;the most dismal and childish was the group of always a jli^tf) several times iMowrii files. : , ists a Attorney Gen- ive itope Attorney General Clark doesn’t lose jMght of the trees. , 1 ) ur (iourt systems have habitually lean- < ards to preserve iniividual jnpricanfllilnkl, the Ku Klux characteristics from group iiiclinatipns and \ Ameri|j u|,YoUth Congress only its (jontinuance will keep us froip a gen-r landed r ofljywood Writers uink) witch hunt. 1 If the national prosecutor ceptions ever seen here. Aggies of his hostess’s home. nave been generated by a mere few. Possibly the border line ex- , ^, _ troverts became overwrought and " ave a ^ un along. FARGET: PROWLER*VICTIM: CHICKEN Roused from sleep by,'a disturbance in the hen house, James Patton investigated with °a shotgun. He aimed the gun at the hen house open door, de manding; “Come out, I’ve got you covered.” Pattbh said his dog’s cold nose touched his un clad leg; startling him so' that he ] fired both gun barrels. The thief, man or beast, then fled. Next g:Patton found ILdjead chickens, which Were prepared for the table. FARGET: FISH—VICTIM: DEER Three KaliSpell, Mont;, fishermen came home from a fishing trip with a buck deer—and they didn’t m \ i aviai deer i ftfjf $ix ti morning promptly ,/VJiinvc HryjCi ot, FonsJ Milil masdpt, pijipmes. \ftelr ly nWhed iende!< followed the poor example of our two percenters or maybe football Season is too recently pasjsed. j If the causes are obscure how- jever, the results are obvious. If we continue at this rate wfe can be assured of no more entertainment jin Guion than last year's (movie re leases. Also our slowly Improving j outside reputation- will take a re- ! versa! and our local blacikeye will (grow darker. Aggies have always had an ir- i rejpressible, masciiline appeal. Our nationwide reputation js that wfe are sometimes, rough, but never crude. The Guion Hall incident has I something of the effect f of a re spected guest spitting on! the floor \fere 111 pbmmunist Par- ed j|ver j backwards to preserve ’he last part of $ [names of ten 1 “last Coast, laTel- uniist Party”. should ever wavier along these lines, he might obsejrve the recebt vagaries of General My ers Amy to his 1 paghs. LPortbuid (Cbi) Jouraaiil!style book de- (Church notice in the Denver Post) ’-M ~—erges a single ‘!e| in e.m - the pressroom ly.”- ) t The latest cpj Institute; of Diiiiij her of diaper their trucks a rju plays tiife tune r inqp r $erv: undrie: type lQk-i *TH] h- (I’jlease fij oil COM addressed t A. Wh|it is out Ui: it Comrt 1. 2. •' . • A r tick s PhotM :i. Drawi igsi 4.1 Layob j 5. Style; C. 7~ I Overp nits Tltlek Bi What did you thir - 1. —y 2. -Thati 4ind 0: 3. bac«i p Ijauip 4. 5 6. 7. 8. ihj - Index 10., protjil t‘- >11 :i 4diutf ■f re, but a docf in ‘Employees On- ind add the! name of the Uhited States have always beep boisterous and exuberant; hut ini this instant they were loud, inconsiderate, and bord ering, op profanity.; Possibly some of the members of the chorus wefe in a smiill way flattered (by the whistles and cat calls from the audience. An equal mirnber probably felt as j though they were in a burlesque: house patronized by high school fresh- (NAME WITHHELD) “AGGIE SPIRIT” Editor, The Battalion: In Monday's Battalion there was a,letter that was written by one wno seemed to be dubious about thje amount of spirit that prevailed J T Florist’s Course To Be Presented A shpilt course for commercial ti \yill be held on the cam- floris pus JgrtUary 20 and 21, Lucian Morgah ibjf thje Placement and jPer- sonnel Relations Office announced today. He sags that about 125 florists xpected to attend this short course, ^hich is sponsored by the department of landscape art. Registration will be held in the college greenhouse from 9 a. m- to 12 noon,( January 20. There will be a registration fee of $5 per regis trant. !, .IJI; j,:,;. | L The pbllege Placement Office will furnish necessary forms, bad ges, and personnel to conduct Ireg- istration. f pauomseu uy nign scnooij iresu- 0 « the campus in "44 and ’45. Not men. Certainly (the violinist for [having been here in '44 je|lj by the .National is a dilly. A hum- [likve; installed on; Lipusical horn that mi THE FIRST EVANGELIST FREE CHURCH 1076 Acoma St. n •C. C. Carlberg, Pastor II a. m. “The Earth Also and the Works Thqt Are Therein Shall Be Burped, Up.” ! 7:30 p. m. “Dead Men Tell No Tales.” JV warm welcome awaits you. iii ‘ !—New Yorker - the group made an overly long and too heavy selection for thi occas-j ion, but her poor selection was! no justification for the bad tas,te; shown in the jeering and urges to: stop that greeted her at each; pause. Aggie hospitality has come: t(> a sadi end when a member of the faculty has to verbally slap our Wrists during an. intermission in order (for the show to continue. I can not vouch for the quality, or quantity of traditiionp and, spirit then.j But MealsJor members attending the short course may be obtained at Duncan and Sbisa Mess Halls or dtothe Aggiejand Inh. i jl. A banquet will be held for niem- r 1 . . ' IVlvUV V» 1(1 Uv llv-lvl i \J L lUv tit I will say that I WilObut the spirit hers attending the sjhort coursb on that was shown in '45 up against January 20. Expenses for the ban- Wh»t brougflej on all this boor-j ish conduct? W{|: have always had a number who were rude and over- the spirit shown in any olthel- one year and will be certain thaf the spirit of '45 would equal it if not surpass it.: j -i. With: pride, ! ij Bernard Kitchens, '49 (Ed note: Was it the amount, oil; the quality, that was question ed?.)] : ! ' If T if If bearing, (but at the week-end show] there wab far Wo much volume to JENTATOR—WHADDYA THINK? . . . i ...1 I If: |i : j I , H' - . ; | I j • : ' • : i iforiia printed below attd either drop it in; the Faculty Exchange injtatoiit, or bring it to Room 209, Goodwin Hall.) Dislike FOR THOSE WHO DEMAND THE BEST • College Shoe Repair i I North Gate j Opens 1:00 p.m. 4-1181 TODAY - HH RSOAV fTemptation” Still Time to Have . . . 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