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TIJ SWIMMING COACH TO QUIT FEBRUARY 15 AUSTIN, Tex., Feb. 4 (^—Be cause of a salary disagreement, Tex Robertson will quit as Univer sity of Texas swimming coach Feb. 15. The coach said he had asked for a $2,000 contract for his part-time coaching duties. Athletic Director Dana X. Bible turned down the re quest because he considered the swimming assignment only a “two- month job,” Robertson said. AFL DENOUNCES WALLACE. NAMES WHEELER DIRECTOR MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 4 —(/P)—The AFL turned thumbs down on Henry A. Wallace for president today and picked a one-time isolationist sen ator to lead its new political cam paign. The AFL executive council op posed Wallace’s third party can didacy for president on the ground that he was an “Apologist” for the Communist Party, and added the AFL would not be “hoodwink ed” by Communist claims of liber alism. AFL president William Green announced the selection of Burton K. Wheeler, former Democratic senator from Montana, as direc- v • tor of the AFL’s new political lea gue in the coming elections. NEGRO TO BE ADMITTED TO ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Feb. 4 —(A*)—A negro will be admitted to the University of Arkansas if he completes enrollment today, but he will attend classes separate from those of white students. The negro, Silas Hunt of Texar kana, began enrolling for the spring semester yesterday as a graduate student in the law school after his application was accepted. WEATHER East Texas: Mostly cloudy, rain in east and south portions this aft ernoon, in east portion tonight and i n extreme northeast portion' Thursday. Slightly warmer except in extreme nortwest portion this afternoon. Somewhat cooler in northwest portion, little change elsewhere tonight. Thursday no important temperature changes. Moderate to fresh southeasterly winds on the coast. West Texas: Partly cloudy, no important temperature changes this afternoon and tonight. Thurs day partly cloudy, occasional snow and colder in Panhandle and South Plains, The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST 01 A GREATER A & M COLLEGE Volume 47 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1948 Number 105 FRITZ KUHN ESCAPES FROM DACHAU PRISON MUNICH GERMANY, Feb. 4 CP) The Bavarian denazification min istry announced that Fritz Kuhn, former leader of the German- American Bund in the United States, escaped from a German in ternment camp at Dachau this morning. Kuhn was jailed in July for possible trial as a Nazi offender. He has been held since without trial. PALESTINE DEATH TOLL ABOVE ONE THOUSAND MARK JERUSALEM, Feb. 4 —(A>)- The commander of Arab fighters in Jerusalem says it was his men who wrecked the newspaper office of the Palestine Post with a bomb , Sunday night. There was tension here today as Jerusalem awaited an expected re prisal blow by the Jews. Nine persons died yesterday in sparadic communal warfare, boost ing the unofficial death toll in Palestine since the United Nation’s Palestine decision Nov. 29 to 1,027. BILL BROWN Cadet Colonel BILLY VAUGHN Corps Executive Officer CORPUS CHRISTI BANK DAMAGED BY BLAZE CORPUS CHRISTI, Feb. 4 (A 3 )— An early morning fire caused dam age estimated at $100,000 yesterday to tbe State National Bank here. The fire, of unknown origin, broke out shortly after 5 a. m., and four hours later firemen were still fighting a stubborn blaze be tween the roof and ceiling. The interior of the bank was soaked by the large amount of water poured between the roof and ceiling. LOUIE HARDY Battery “D” Commander ELMO LIVINGSTON Senior Class President U. S. CONSUL AND NATIONALS EVACUATE CHANGCHUN PEIPING, Feb. 4 —(A 3 )— The air evacuation of all American Na tionals, i n eluding missionaries, from isolated Changchun was start ed today by American authorities. The evacuees, who will be brought to Peiping, will include U. S. Consul Allen Siebens, who closed his consulate Saturday. F. B. I. PROBING POSSIBLE CARACAS BOMBING ATTEMPT WASHINGTON, Fob. 4 —(A 3 )— The F. B. I. is investigating the disappearance of two American planes following Venezuelan com plaint that its capital, Caracas, may be the target for a bombing raid. In response to a series of inquir ies, FBI said its agents are looking into: The departure of two PBY’s (fly ing boats capable of landing on sea or land) from Augusta, Ga., on January 26. The subsequent discovery of two bombsights at Augusta. The investigation is to determine if the planes have been illegally flown out of the United States. At Caracas, Venezuelan presi dent Romulo Betancourt protested ►to Nicaragua that two planes had been flown from the United States to Puerto Cabeza, Nicaragua, last week and loaded bombs “with the presumed objective of bombing” Caracas. TODAY, and for the next two days The Battalion will print pictures of students selected for Who’s Who at A. & M. Above) are 4 of the 15 Cadet Corps members chosen for the honor. Milt Frenkel Takes Over job As WTAW Sports Director By C. C. MUNKOE “—And that, sports fans, is all the sports news up to now.” Those closing words by Dick MILT FRENKEL Gottlieb on his last broadcast for WTAW were the ones which cat apulted Milt Frenkel, junior from Tyler, into the position of sports director for the college radio sta tion just two weeks ago. The 22-year-old sportscaster is n’t new to the job, however, for he started announcing over WT AW in September, 1946, when he returned to A.&M. from a tour of duty with the army. At that time Frenkel started waking - up Aggies and the other pe’ople within range of the “Voice of the Texas Aggies” with his popular record show, “Tik-Tok-Time.” Frenkel really became interested in radio while in the army. There, between phases of aviation cadet training, he did work with the Special Services and became con nected with an army variety show that was aired over the Mutual Broadcasting System every week. He served as master of ceremonies for the show, doing not only week ly broadcasts, but also taking the show on the road for a tour of California. Upon his return to A. & M., he auditioned at the local college ra dio station and was hired as an (See FRENKEL on Page 4) ‘Outright Lie,’ Says Clark Over Board Of Directors’ Statement About Charges This Week’s ‘College Speaks’ Gives Math, Sports, Business By KENNETH Z. BOND The setting—Studio A, WTAW, tbe time—5:15 p. m., the character —varies from day to day and week to week, the program—“The Col lege Speaks,” and tbe objective— education. “The College Speaks,” a fifteen minute program sponsored by tbe School of Arts and Sciences, origi nated in tbe fall of 1945 under the supervision of C. O. Spriggs, pro fessor in tbe English department. The program came about as a re sult of a study made by a special radio committee appointed in 1944 with George B. Wilcox and J. J. W’oolket as co-chairmen. This committee set up the pro gram to be of general information given in a human interest way to people who would listen for fifteen minutes to a speaker who has spent many hours pouring over books and searching through magazines. It is a program of information from each department of the college to stimulate adult thinking and inter est in various subjects. This afternoon at 5:15 on “The College Speaks” R. L. Nolen of the mathematics department will discuss the “Three famous theor- | ems of Geometry”. These include tbe Theorem of Pythagoras, the Theorem of Desargues. and tbe Feuerbach Theorem. “This discus sion should reveal many interesting things about the theorems and their application, says Nolen. Nolen received the B. S. degree in 1936 and a M. S. Degree in 1941 from the North Texas State Teach ers College. He taught mathematics and coached athletics at Highland Park High School and worked for Proctor and Gamble Manufactur ing Company before coming to A. & M. in 1946. Thursday afternoon, Carl Landis, physical training instructor, will discuss the various points of “bas ketball officiating” in which the spectator would be interested. He will point out the duties of the officials, rules and regulations, and other points of interest to the on looker. Landis graduated from Abilene Christian in 1935 with a major in physical education and took his M. S. Degree at A&M in 1947 with education as his major. He played two years of football and one year of basketball while at Abilene and is a member of the Southwestern Basketball Association. He taught at West Port High School in Kan sas City, Mo., for six years before coming to A. & M. Nelson D. Durst on Friday will explain tbe “Auditor’s Report,” often referred to as the auditor’s work during the process of exam ining a set of account books. “I will try to discuss the auditor and bis duties in a business enterprise in terms that laymen will under stand,” be said. Durst received a B. A. in 1936 and a B. B. A. in 1937 from South western College and a Master’s Degree from A&M in 1937. He has been teaching at A&M during the long school sessions and working for business concerns during tbe summers since 1939. He was grant ed his CPA from the State of Tex as in 1940. Senatorial Candidate Opposes Marshall Plan In Last Two Planks Of Platform “The statement of the A.&M. Board of Directors to the effect that I had admitted my inability to substantiate my charges was and is an outright lie,” Dr. G’lark, senatorial candidate, told The Battalion today. “My dismissal could not have been more summarily done if I had been apprehended in the act of committing murder with blood on my hands,” Clark said. In making the accusation of the Board, he quoted letters he received at the time of his dismissal in June as head of the economics department at A.&M. The Board’s action came as a result of Dr. Clark’s participation in the student - administration fracas last ;—: ♦spring. Clark issued the statement to the press because “I have announc ed as a candidate for United States Senator from Texas. The people of Texas need to be told of these circumstances so as better to pass judgement on my worthiness of that high office.” Two of the letters presented by Clark were from his superiors who informed him of the' Board’s ac tion. Notice of his immediate dis? missal was “delivered to me in per son by a runner. This was done, I assume, so that there could be no doubt as to my having received them, and as to-the exact date when the dismissal was to become effective.” ★ Two remaining planks in Dr, Clark’s platform were nailed down when he stated his views on both the Marshall plan 'for aid to Europe and a “Manifesto for Free Men.” Although Clark believes that “it certainly would be unfortunate if (Clark’s next press release “will relate to (he circumstances surrounding my dismissal from the position which I held at this college,” he declared in a statement to The Battalion.) Window Peepers Delay Performance . Virgil Mystifies Audience With 2-Hour Show in Guion By JAMES E. NELSON “Where did that girl go when he closed the door?” “Aw, he couldn’t have sawed her in half”. These are typical of the comments made by the audience last night after the out standing performance given by The Great Virgil. A two hour show consisting of everything from sawing a girl in half to making money appear from the air kept'specta-'f tors puzzled from the start. jects . These objects were written Virgil started his program by , , , , on a board placed on the stage. by turning his gloves into a goose. Not satisfied with this feat he proceeded to make the goose dis appear. The show went on smooth ly from there, with two exceptions: once the show had to be stop ped to run window peepers away from the dressing room window and again when a few members of the audience insisted on making wisecracks. Audience participation played a major part in staging the magic show. From time to time Virgil called members of the audience to the stage and proceeded to baffle them with such tricks as doubling the amount of half-dollars held in the hand of a small boy. He started the trick by asking the boy if he was honest. He then “proved” the boy to be dishonest by showing that after each wave of the magic wand he would have one less coin in his hand. He called on the audience again to assist Julie, his capable assistant, in her photographic mind trick. Virgil passed through the audience and had various members name ob- Each object was placed opposite a specific number chosen by a mem ber of the audience who was writ ing the names on the board. When 26 objects, ranging from T-S Cards to sliderules, had been placed on the board, Julie proceeded, while blindfolded, to name the object op posite a certain number or vice- versa. A short skit was staged by four members of the cast. The skit sup posedly took place in a pirate’s cavern. It seems that the Devil had been stealing the pirate’s gold and Virgil had been summoned to chase the Devil away. Wearing a disguise Virgil was placed in the pirate’s chest and the pirates moved out of the cavern. When the Devil ap peared he was not to be fooled by this bit of trickery so he proceeded to set fire to the contents of the chest. After the chest burned for a while, a skeleton was taken from it. The audience was left spell bound when the Devil removed his mask—the Devil was Virgil! The finale was by far the most outstanding feat of all. With the aid of two members of the au dience Virgil performed an almost unbelievable bit of magic. Virgil had two spectators place Julie in a large sack, tie the ends of the sack, and place it with the girl in side in a large trunk. The trunk was then locked and bound with ropes. Virgil placed the trunk be hind a curtain. He then had the two spectators sit on each side of the curtain and told them to time the feat with their watches. Virgil said the act would take 60 seconds to perform Object of the act was for Virgil to change places inside the trunk with Julie. Before the two men could count three Virgil was inside the trunk and Julie was standing before the curtain. College Library Increases Fines for Overdue Books Fines to be charged at the col lege library have been increased from 5 to 10 cents for overdue one-week and two-week books, Mrs. Wilnora Arnold, readers’ advisor, announced today, ARCHITECTS—The BOSTICS of Lafayette, Louisiana admire their new proposed home as designed by fifth-year architect students at A. & M. while the three winners watch. Left to right around the model are DAN PERKINS, third place winner, A. D. SAK- ELLARIOU, second, Mrs. TOM BOSTIC, JIMMY DEMOPULOS, first, and MR. BOSTIC. Demopulos Awarded First Prize In Architecture Design Contest House Grants Pay Raises to School Going Veterans Veterans enrolled in colleges throughout the country rejoiced over passage of a bill by the House of Representatives that authorizes increased veterans benefit pay ments. Estimates place the annual cost of such benefits near the $400,- 000,000 mark. Democrats joined solidly in sup port of the Republican-sponsored bills. Only a handful of dyed-in- the-wool advocates of less govern ment spending voted against the politically popular measure. One bill upped the subsistence allowances to veterans in school from $65 to $75 a month where there are no dependents; from $90 to $105 a month for a veteran with one dependent, and to $120 a month for a veteran with more than one dependent. The other bill raised the ceilings on wages and allowances payable to veterans undergoing training on the job. The ceilings are in creased from $200 to $325 a month Where there is one dependent, and from $200 to $350 a month for a veteran with two or more depen dents. Bills Passed by Senate The Senate passed similar bills last year. The increase on-the-job train ing ceilings will not require larger government payments to individ uals, but liberalization is expected to cause more veterans to come under the program, resulting in increased costs to the Treasury. First Editor Gets Life Subscription Judge Ernest L. Bruce of Orange, Aggie graduate of 1894 and first editor-in-chief of The Battalion, was presented a life subscription to the paper in ab sentia Saturday night, January 24. Charlie Murray, present editor of The Battalion, presented the life subscription to Bill Butler of Beaumont, since BrUce was unable to attend the annual meet ing of former student club offi- cers. By C. C. M UN ROE Jimmy Demopulos, fifth year architecture student from Texar kana, was awarded first prize in a home design contest sponsored by Mi', and Mrs. Tom Bostic of Lafayette, Louisiana. As first prize winner Demopulos received $50. A. D. Sakellariou of San An gelo was awarded $30 for submit ting the second prize design, and Dan Perkins of Hearne won a $20 third prize. Bostic, a 1933 graduate of A. & M, and Mrs. Bostic wanted a new home in Lafayette, so they turned to the A. & M. architec ture department for the design. After the Bostics conferred with Ernest Langford, head of the de partment, and Professor W. W. Caudill, they decided to present three cash prizes for the best de signs. Fifth year architecture students visited Lafayette to view the pro posed site and then returned to school and their drawing boards During the last week of the fall semester Mr. and Mrs. Bostic re turned to Aggieland to make final selection. They were aided in se lecting the best drawing by Car- leton W. Adams, A. & M. system architect, and Hal W. Moseley, as sistant professor of architecture. The design submitted by De- mopulos calls for two bedrooms upstairs, a living room, an all purpose room, a rumpus room, and a dark room. Moss-covered cypress trees, azal eas, and artificial lakes surround the new location 7419 Enroll For Second Semester Registration figures total 7419, H. L. Heaton, registrar, announced today. This compares with a figure of 7703 for the second semester of the 1946-47 school year. Heaton 'stated that February 16 has been set as the deadline tor students to enroll at the college. ^ Wives Wanting Extension Courses to Meet Friday All veterans’ wives and faculty wives interested in taking Exten sion courses this semester will meet at the Annex Student Center Fri day night at 7:30. Senate Puts New Bulletin Board In Academic Building During the mid-term holidays the new bulletin board that has been promised to the student body was placed in the Academic Build ing under the direction of W. H. Badgett, assistant manager of the construction office. The board is made of aluminum and tempered masonite and is 12 x 4 feet in dimension. Six headings are listed to provide space for ap proximately 200 4x6 inch cards. Directions for use of the board are posted in the lower left and right hand corners of the board along with cards for notices. Each card must be dated and placed un der the correct heading. A member of the housing office will check the board every two weeks and re move notices that have been posted the propei' length of time. W. L. Penberthy, dean of men, requests that all students cooper ate in using cards only for bulletin board notices. This is absolutely necessary if the board is to serve the purpose for which it is in tended, Penberthy said. The board was designed and sponsored by the Student Senate and the original layout was made by Jug Leatherwood, president of the Student Senate, and Harvey Chelf, student senator. William Breazeale, an assistant director of student affairs, helped the members of the student senate in planning the board. Wildlife Research Head Writes Book “Wildlife Resources of the South,” one of 12 books on south ern resources, has been written by Dr. Walter P. Taylor, unit leader of the Texas Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit of A. & M. The monographs are being is sued under the supervision of the Southern Association of Science and Industry. Dr. Gordon W. Black- well of the University of North Carolina heads the committee in charge of the publications. Dr. Taylor’s book will appear in April. the U. S. did not develop and fol low out the reactivation of Euro pean industry and trade,” he thinks that the Marshall Plan falls short of this ideal in three respects. 1. “It is founded on an in accurate conception of national income.” He points out that, since the plan calls for aid amounting to $17 billion, such a program will in crease our national income by ap proximately the same amount, thus helping to further a condition which might “ultimately lead to disaster.” 2. “The'Marshall Plan confuses charity with diplomacy.” Under this point Clark recog- nies that, because of the relief work contemplated under the plan, the Red Cross should supervise any type of foreign aid. But, he cau tions the government to hold those funds until the Red Cross asks for monetary aid. 3. “The Marshall Plan fails to establish a working relationship between present and future val ues.” According to Clark, the funds made available to an agency such as the Red Cross should be alloca ted as loans, not gifts. He feels that there is a possibility of re payment, or that eventually the “tables might be reversed.” In his final plank, the candidate for' United States Senator offers “in a small way” his help for the further realization of the ideals em braced in the Declaration of Inde pendence and the Constitution ' of the United States. He proposes to do this by, (1) making audible “voices from be hind iron curtains of censorship,” and (2) “giving expression to con crete suggestions for correctives.” To accomplish the former, he invites anonymous correspond ence from individuals or groups. “In case charges of criminality are included, please give details and references to records,” Clark requests. “There may be such cases in sufficient quantities for a collec tion to be made of them, and if the opportunity presents itself, to publish them as a sort of folklore of Texas politics,” Clark said. Teague Candidate For Second Term Representative Olin E. Teague of College Station, congressman from the Sixth Texas District, will be a candidate for a second term. Glenn Marshall of Hillsboro, chairman of the Hill County Demo cratic Executive Committee, re ceived a filing fee January 30 from Teague with a request that his name be placed on the ballot. Teague filled the unexpired term of Luther Johnson of Corsicana in 1946 after Johnson resigned to take a seat on the US Tax Court. In a special election that ran concurrently with the run-off pri mary, Teague found himself with out an opponent after Tom Tyson, Corsicana attorney, who had led the primary field of five office- seekers, withdrew,