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o' ' ■ -/■ r. n v !h j. m mm* * 'I IN ■ rs KIEF SPT^ 7 nr .' | .....,i 11 w i ■■ —t?TT—r* R00P8 CROSS r JERUSALEM, Apri 27 MR4i\ EGYPTIAN pales™ 1 reliable Ava r RotUcte said of an Egy p: ian armc red divisipn crossed Pale stino's southern ;frdd- tier at . dawn today., Thoiropor came on the heeli of a Damascus report t! at a Jra Jordan Arab Legion Kind qccupi the town of "Jericho a id was mlv-j ine into the pead Vial ey of Pal is-! tine. , [' This was ^discounted here sii ic Legion Security Forcc-s are ort Icja to the British under 7 both the ol and new British-Tramsl-Jordan trfea i ties. V- ! ' ; -i i { v !•'T . Reports that Hazija Is bejns shelled front Acre, across the bjay were unconfirmed.! An] official British army spolai man in Jeijusalem s:.id ope pany of the Arab Legion “ British armftr orders' . Jericho on Specific duties !‘When t^eir duties are finis he said, ’‘tl|ey will bt| withdra W. s. KUPSEN PIES; FORMER G. HEAD • j .r fi. I ’ ji * : r !• ft ]L Volume 4t fmt if ! .. 1 If l]!. + * s h I pvbusbsd omr in COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland) 1 r k* n m hpd- , DETROlt, April]21 ^t—Will S. Knuddei World War II dinafcpr ejf Atieric^s induk might, (lie<| today following aj 1 iltneas.- ‘J- ] ‘•I •. ; Death from a cerebral hi rhage cam« to the! 81 t-year-olj mer president of General Mol Cbrp.' at 14':58 *-nt. (EDT.) .i THOSE OK FORD BOY§ HAP HOT IDEA OXFORi), England, April They had»to call o: if last ni. 7 parade here to celebrate thCi Rbya .silver wedjping i anni rersaryli Somebody poured hot col fed iHi to the bagpipes. - a! 1 r , » I I • ]:••• 5 1 CALLS FORREST, tL PL4NI CAMOUFLAGE Ft (t L-MT WASHINGTON, April 17 Senator ijklwia G. Johnson , Colo) today, termed Secre • Defense! J'oii'eistal’R (50 ; gifpu: ‘ '■ force pfobosal a ‘ lot; ofj j J cock” and | a “camouflage” Wi versal; Military Training. j i ARABS READY T SEIZE- PjALESTIN CAIROj April I sources sciid King patched meats frcim Trans tine ^yesterday in Federal Inspection Cadet Corps Thursday Wd Friday f i* : m I7P; ; 1 tWdFor M t Ag EcoStudents To Make 15 State Trip By JOSEPH F. WHALEY Professor L. S. Paine of the agricultural economics de* 11 11 1:9' i4mr( 01 irtmenti will direct students of Agricultural Economics BIG GAME HCNTER—AAM graduate, Class of *22, W. G. McMUlah Of! Lubbock, ui]l *bmv a film, “Big Game In Africa,” Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the C'a 1 vert._ High School auditorium. He mad«* his last trip to Africa in Novemberyi 1B4T. j j : i 1 Naval Reservist to Visit A&M Thursday to Discuss Program i i i-ab Lef iolif ' lfi "* oraan'to Arab League deci non td thp Holy! Land be mandate tends May ijinfi : A welUinfoimed Trans-Jordanian kib hie BHtiih-trained Holv -Laud personally lately as the result J the six Arab state ;. ore the 15 , sources IE H!AHH M^N- “ROVlNC,\4MnI\i ISAjDiO WASHINGTON, ;yesU Truman larriman , WASUliNl The Senbte president T Averell Mai ambassador” to na ,ion]s takii in the eTaih. Curopean April |27i rd ’s cfhoiCe to|! be f Lieutenant Commander Charles R. Hartnett, Naval Re- seiwe procurement officer of the .Eighth Naval District, will be on the campus Thur$day to discuss all phases of the Naval Reserve with students and faculty members. >A Chapel Thursday at 2 and Hartnett will be at the YMC 5 p. m. to answer questions from if navy veterans, reservists, and oth-||l er persons interested in the USNR. Brought to the campus at the request of naval veterans, Hart nett will explain' the Officers Procurement Program now in progress. MO WaijkEE RVF»LESS!1 i ilREWFRS ON STRIKE IjMlLM AUKEE, April 127 k i] : Milwauk ee’s beor produptici shu);, of yestenliiy as* ■vpirkers struck < t six ma.or broWoiffes;' m fcovlevi 1;. : L ! | Under Navy Department direc tives, naval veterans who are mem bers of the reserye are eligible for appointment to, commissioned rank in the volunteer 'reserve. In general, appointment will be in the rank of dnsign. IP excep tional cases, promotion to higher rank will be considered.; i-i'' irt pan n-o- 1:-.— ^uGge it n V. ro GUAREj JERUSJl LEM . i LAKH SUCCESS. Iptil W-jf'A>) France vas repot ted ready jjjfe^ter- (lay to s sk for cn ation c f afycjjun- tcer eli :e police force Itp protect the menaced Holy QilyipflJlru- iklem. j ; ■ J : J J' L* The I rendh su ggested the ftorce jliight Include,, for dxa,mp|i, iOO' jNew Yi|rk City polidemjen jijs |yoU unteers - l| Detai s of the jFrenchl plqp were learned 2% the U nited NatibnS as sembly! moved; f >r immediate! ac-; tion to! safeguaid the j pepjjpld of, Jerusalj m and the Sprine^ttf wor- shin in |:he devekping Jt'W»p-Ara$ Ipivil WIT. ' ' ‘ I'-'l I TRY TD AVER TRAIN STRIKE ; f\< 1- V 0HI(|AGp, April vafcej ‘talks netwi :en agembatrand officialjs pfitl era ting] 'unions cbntinui negotiators] sou rht to resolve a ! wage! dispute anjd avert ]a jboRsible f strike |ie-up of jthe ndtionls train servic I i.jyi 27 -t-M'Pri- railroafd fi^n- op- as is 01 infeb op- inufi ttkliy as to retiolve a '•J HOPE] FOR ENDING OLFO," TAXATION i 11:1 WASHINGTON, April 27 i—t®. 1 The olfeo forces (won a tiestjagainsi j[ jthe biftter blPc in tpe! 3 terdayi This rpakes certaia the Houjse wil -WOUJNTRFR Fe)de yes- . .. uauy pa|s]legis- ft- NT|V MIGHT REPLACE DHAI?Tj| WAjSHINGTQN. April E7! —<A>i ^jhe »;ci Laid t lution.to end a ) bleomjtrgarine. i INC - from 80 ter M ^ays will be ' required to process and make appointment on applications. Thursday’s meetings will dupli cate each other. Persons who at tend the 2 o’clock session should not attend the lator meeting. John R. Bertrand of the. school of agriculture is in charge of the. Naval Reserve on the campus. Fall ROTC Registration Begins Today Preliminary registration for th fall semester advanced ROTC cor Aggies Split \ Debates With Baylor Bears Ipuylpr Bears met Texas Aggies la»t week in a series of debates that ended in one tie, one ho-de- ision and one win for the Bears, dor debaters, after a delay flat tire, arrived at A&M Thursday jt ittiio a. m. for a se ries of (flassroom, radip, and open debates ;with the A&M team. The Bears missed the 10 a. m. classroom debate on the subject, “Resolved, That a Federal World Government Should Be Establish ed,” but A&M debaters Jim Ste phens pnd Charles (kibaniss hur riedly gathered up Cotton Howell and Vipk Lindley and presented the debate before George Dilla- vou’s public speaking j class. OO’s on ft summer tour that will cover 15 states. The trip will includq all agricultural regions of the eastern part of the United States except the New England and Great Lakes sections. Planned through, southern agri cultural colleges, the course will give students six semester credit hours.' r The class will leave College ' .. . - JU 1 Station on the morning of July !19 and return August 25. After a stop in the forest re- Iv'.T't gions of East Texas to study of . *< jij ^ Federal inspects pus will be carried 0(1 officers of the Texas j' the Fourth Army. Purpose of the Meloy, commandant,! p T ~TT ; the lumber industry and ill travel p through northern Louisiana to the j Yazpo river bottom and delta re- r* improvement, the group will travel gion of northern Mississippi. In this region a study will be made of the old plantation system and new developments in agricultural me chanization. j of t! toi lilrta |jl Sadet 0 ]D.i' a on the main cam- y, and Friday by isted by officers of alccordiijig to Colonel Guy S.j ine thle; military efficiency attet tor W, ThUi) itrict Tho group will continue east ward to the Black Belt of Ala bama, where one day will be spent at Tuftkegep University for Nc- A. H. GRENDER. director of the Clifton Junior.College Choir, wh ™ th e> presedt night. groes, • i: ] From here the route will lead through Georgia where a % ftudy will be made of farm forestry and on ihto Raleigh, North Carbliha. The ^roup will spend several days in this locality before moving west to Knoxville, Tennessee for a study of the effect of the Tennes see Valley Authority ■ on agricul ture, The Blue Grass Region of Ken- pf the Ariny and Air ROTC’units It A&M, and to establish ratings »ased upon the reports of the in specting Officers. RatingS( will be classed as su- i(rior, excellent, satisfactory, and (atisfactory. 1 This will be tnlp rat tiratt the superior ruling hjw •n use*. ;A new distinctive in signia will probably be awarded for the s iperior rating, according m; COlone Meloy. The inspelcting party will aitive here tomorrow afternoon for in- apection of subject; matter and tucky will be studied as the group 'of|M their concert here (o- tracts is now open, Colonel Guy! S. Meloy, Jr., PMS&f, announced to day. *' Army and Air Force application ks are available at Ross Hall and fromMnstructors of the vari ous branches. ] ]j; !■ |, Students desiring to sigp an RO TC contract for the first time must fill out an application anil be in terviewed before June 1 by the Senior Branch llnstructoif of the branch which he selepts, Meloy added. Students selected for an advan ced ROTC contract will receive 79 cents a day for ;570 dayk in lieu of subsistence and will be furnished complete officer-type uniforms, summer and winter, at no charge. During the summer between their junior and senior years, advanced ROTC students attend a six-week summer caipp. and are paid $75 a month While in camp. F ' ' rM ' Afteit lunch at the Aggielund Inn th£ Baylor debaters partici pated [n classroom debates at 1 and 2 Ip. m. in English 210 sec tions <)n the subject of “Federal World (Government” The students gave;a decision of tie to the first period debate, and awarded the Baylor squad the decision: in the second!. Clifton junior College Choir Sings Tonight Lj| r.f n The Clifton Junior College Choir will present a program of sabred music this evening At 81 in tho YMC A Chapel. [ The choir will be directed by A. H. Grender, a former member of nder, Bayforites Wallace Finbrock and ] the Avorld-farnou^St.Chf Luther- “ “Ur ur ^ David! Heinlein opposed W’illiam ! an Choir under the direction of F. and John Taylor in »J Melius Christiansen, j Downard radio deb ebate Friday afternoon over 1 [pel WTAW, on the subje.ct “Resolved, Truman Should Be El President in 1948.” That Truman Should; Be Elected resi The debaters met Thursday even ing in the YMCA Assembly Room, and argued the subject, “Resolved, That ] the Federal Government Should Require Arbitration of La bor Disputes in All pasic Ameri can Industries.” Tomhiy Webb and' David Heinlein of Biiylor matched Aggies William Bumpas 2ind C. W. Howard in thi.k no dejcisiop debate] Advanced ROTC students wjdl be ndered commissions as s lieutenants in ] the Officers' Seatoj’ Wherry) (R-N'bb,)| hinted yesen ay that Congrfess rn|(y try to so ve, ijthe military niattnower probbm lw voting “incentives” to volunteers—plup draft au|h(|gity 5 :if the jv dunteers don’t show ’ ' ' ' 1 eIL'ij ORANGE-TO HAN FQO » FOR EURO: OR ANj ApHll Mayor terda f has si| the (ity for bv; foods tuffi. Hel said COG him he ton: Sanders odit^ C: dpen j*on nge t|| m ' ipiment foi <« ii -r- —UP) d yes- Corp. wiHi port kssured ^fmous. WEATHER ■ ^EAT East Texas:; Fa and tonight;] 1 |W -cknn y; not much pera ures. Modera east winds on coa ‘ Texas: aF his k ^rnoon partly tem- south- sem Corps upon succeSful com pletion of theif military and ac domic courses.; 1 ! Advanced ROTC contracts will be offered in the U S Air Force Field Artillery; Armored Cavalry, Signal Corps, Corps of Engineers, Chemical Corps, Ordnance Depart ment, Quartermaster Corps, Army Security Agency, and Transporta tion Corps. I I Applicants for contracts in the Chemical Corps, Corps of Engi neers, Ordnance Department, and Signal Corps must be ejnrolled in related academic fields. ! 3and Presents Concert Tonight The Texas Aggie Band, un der the direction of Lt. Col. E. iV. Adams, will present its annual spring concert tonight in Gaion Hall nt 7:30. There will be no admission charge for the concert. The choral group is making] a thousand-mile tour through cen tral and south Texas. During the tour it will give concerts in Fbrt Worth, Dallas, Waco, College Sta tion, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin. • 1 Ml f This evening’s program will in clude compositions: from various schools of choral music. Some of the selections to be sung are ^‘1 Wonder As I Wander,” “Today Thera Is Ringing,” “Carol of the Bells,” “I Hear Along Our Street” “Sunbeam Out of Heaven,” “Lamb of God,” and! “Beautiful Savior,” The choir Consists of 21 mem bers all of whom-are students of tie ’.college, f F, j i Modelers to Elect J . ^..e Aggie Aero Modelers will and in the U; S Army Infahtry, elect officers Wednesday at 7:15 1 A 111A si * % * * 1 ^ . TV.- _ .. _ ^ /\0 W g V.i 1 p. fn, in Room 108, ME Shops. 'TfEr Emm Newman Members Register Dates a Rowing.the business meeting, a movie will j be shown. Beginning its tour on April 21, the choir made its first appearance at' the St. Qlaf Lutheran Church at Cranfills Gap. It will make its final appearance on May 2 hi the Zion Lutheran Church in McGre gor. Theer will be no admission charge for the performance to night. The concert will be jgiven as a free-will offering to thes Clif- or fa travels to the University nois at Urbana. One week Will be spent in Illinois and Indiana study ing the methods of faming in the com beU- \ The group will then move/west to Missouri to study new duvelbp- nu-uts ,in diversified faming. ’ grades, and to sec that the scope , training hu$ been car- militar;, out alt A&M. Ten]Army offl- rs and two air officers are ex acted to make the inspection. Inspection of the main campus dtormitory area for the entire C.V diet Corps is scheduled Thuiaday ! GEOLOGY WINNERS—JOHN W. HONEA, left, . and JOE O. CARTER, right, of Marshall, geology stu wan the right to compete for the Houston Geological Soci Mfy 13- I. i ]j|T. T. ' ■ j T T i Thirty-two students competed and HONEA and CA selected. One wiU be named winner to receive the award, sists of a two-year associate membership in the Ante tion of Petroleum Geologists. They will present tbeiir Houston society. I The class will move homeward from this point through North western Arkansas and southeas tern Oklahoma. JR i Primary aim of the course will be to leam the new types of agri culture in the southern states which might be applied in Texas. Secondly, the group will contrast agricultural methods in the corn belt with those of the New Smith. In speaking of the.course Paine said, “If we in Texas can better understand what the farmers in other regions are doing, we will be in a much better position :to compete with these farmers.” Paine emphasized that i» this course the farm would be the lab oratory and the farmer the teach- jwi a!i « 'x | 1: ; ■; Students interested “in this course should contact Paine iwt later than June; 1. The group w\ll be limited to 20 students, he sail William C. Banks to join Staff Of [r«pt (T> \| J .|| Tr Extension Service j—..r 11* fresiuent or 3xont3ii3, College Visits A&M Off iR At flhich :Al rs to l '' ! Dr. R. R. Renne, president of Montana S Bozeman, Montana, visited A&M last week-end assignment with the Research in Marketing Adn of] the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Purpose of Dr. Renne’s vi^it was to discuss — ♦ officials the opportun forXpersonnel qulalif East Texas Losing Natural Resources, Says Range Expert The need for more research on grazing in East Texas js very ng great, Dr. R. S. Campbell of New OHeans told members of the range allege. top Junior The Lutheran Student Asisocia- irig a tion on the Campus iff making ar rangements for the choir’s visit here. f' | . -1 | | I f ' — Newman (^lub members j Who wish to have their dates stay in one of the college dormitories set aside for guests should turn their VSffuSp moon, nj>t much j names into according to _ chairman of the tee- Blakelock should be d< e housing con ; emphasized that One as soon as pc so that arrangements may be ill time. lock, commit- this —i*. YANfTY — — ThyNomels Woman 1 Herie they come! The eight winners of VANITY FAIR for the 1948 LONGHORN as selected by drehes- tra leader TEX BENEKf:! Beginning in tomorrow’s BATTALION, pictures f the LONGHORN’S beauties will be printed—one a lay for eight days. I i I j , > . WATCH FOR THEM! Perhaps your favorite girl will be included. But don’t come in the BATT office wanting information in jadvance. Even the senior who uubmitted the photo will not know of his success until , .... r , n e BATT! j ji J , • picture -9 appears in s- Dr. William C. Banks, extension veterinarian of Oklahoma A&M College, has been appointed ex tension veterinarian at A&M, the position recently vacated by Dr. E. A. Grist Dr. Banks has resigned from the Oklahoma Extension SerVirtT and will begin his work in College Sta tion April 24, according to J. D Prewitt, acting director of the Texas Extension Service. Dr. Banks attended Texas A&M from 1936 to 1941, where he grad uated in veterinary medicine. From 1939 tp 1941 he was a graduate as sistant in the veterinary school, And after his graduation, he in structed in that school for three years until 1944. Before working for the Okla homa Extension Service, Dr. Banks practiced for several years in Bry an. He belongs to the American Veterinary Medical Association and the Texas State Veterinary Medical Association, f. Dr. Banks was bora in Minnea polis, Minnesota and attended the Lake View High School in Chica and forestry department here last Week. Dr. Campbell, chief of the di vision of Range Research for the US Forest Service Experiment Station in New Orleans; and H. Ii. Person, who is in charge of the East Texas branch of the U S Iforest Experiment Station at Na cogdoches, visited I the campus April 20-22 to confer with staff members on forest grazing re search in East Texas. Using the land so that maximum income from forest products and livestock can be realized is per haps the most important problem, Dr. Campbell pointed put {' and. Service afternoon I jj-i 1 Renm with a group of if; of the agncpltuifal cuss the Research Act. He explained was an attempt of t ornment in cooped :’oiU3 e, in ll fiistraji m I morning-from 8:30 until 9:30. In spection will be carried out as di tea by the inspecting team frqm ii 12 a. m. and from 1 until From 4:30 uptil 5:30 a qorp* rpyigfo and inspection will be lj*ld jfor fthe visiting inspectors. Friday the regularly scheduled ulilitar r science classes will be. icc u.'u vy mu 1; i Conduc ed with inspections ns di rected by the inspecting team. pectiow will be conducted at rytui Air Field Annex Thursday ml jFi'iday. The Thurtijday inspec- ion! w ill be held during normally chejdufled military science classes nd|drill. iday all cadets qt the Annex excused from classes for an. Wws awarded a rating of mt ft result of the Feder-* paction last year, thus re- 1? the privilege of wearing Sup Star.” | ,ime has yet been announced leahe of the inspection n 1 - his year. I 1 1-4-i ■■■■!■ ■ state governmerf search in agricuji basis with researebl Dr. Renne said would cover la peri and that 3,500 at would be needed ty of training pei * ' ■ w to the land-gra Renne said. ial|; Today there is practically no in formation! available on fora; aes of the various forage val- herbaceous plants growing in the timber belt, he said. In the past, much damage has been done to farm woodlots by mismanagement, apd the proper relationships between forestry and grazing are not yet fully under stood. He advised sophemores wi take the Civil tions upon gradual lions in iftc should have as a quirement not le; hours in each of courses: ecomomicMii marketing. I , Saturday! , mo met with ProfeksPi; class in land leconp g°. Texas. Illinois, prior to coming to He and his family will reside in Stye.: - r_vT : ;|V ■ i:. 6,000 Veterans Studying Abroad Nearly 6,000 veterans are en rolled in foreign schools, colleges, and universities under the]GI Bill, the Veterans Administration has reported. ’ ; They are studying in 44 foreign countries in all parts of the world. Nearly 900 are in Canada, 635 in France, 3556 in Great Britain, 116 in Italy, 461 in Mexico, and 427 in Switzerland. —1- In the pine belt alone in East fTexas, Campbell estimated there are a million head of cattle and Iforest products the income from which amounted i jjto about $100,- 000,000 in 1946. It would be extremely benefi- jcial to the ranchers and timber growers in East Texas if more information could be obtained on the management of these two im portant resources, Campbell con cluded. md : e met with C. NJ Sh of agriculture, Satu Dr. Renne is in 1 field of land econo author of a book econo Campbell and Person also ad- eased Agricultural econoi been his major served as presi Farm Economies as vice-president Farm Economics ly m ool Ma: t thi ’edel wjH jplacf ? ge in: bn etipal Indus t FiSJIact' ftvel Ini' _ responhlMli- “• Sf'iS eelingiffights Changed For Army Reserves •ii-' • i !'V ' - llege&jj unio Id 111 exal far ni» nimu than , foil#! atlff and Meetinjgl nights for the 479th Composite;Group of the Army Or ganized Reserve have been changed to the firat Monday of each month and the 1 Tuesday and Thursday fallowing according to Captain A, W. Stockdl, instructor. All members ''of the Infahtiy Regimept will meet May 3, at 7:30 p. m., op the second floor of th#. PMA Building in College Station; The Cavalry Squadron will tneet at the game hour in the PMA Building on May 4, and the Engi neer group May 6, F ; • , Officeirs who desire to qualify for compensation under the new Inactive; Duty Pay Bill for Re- ■ T re- Wl Sts Wine S Civil Sei to j sjurvists ; jmist attend these meet ings if they wish to benefit from lllgd 11 lUV-Y WIOII W UtliC’llt 1 1 t'jll the fact that the bill was effec tive March 26, Captain Stockcll stated. Officera not in; the Infantry, Cavalry, or EngiPeers have been queried ' by mall as to which of these groups they would like to be attached to for training purposes only, CjapUin Stockell added, and any who jhave not received such a communication should contact him at his office in the , PMA Building, College Station.. Offer Exi - The US Civil B ir sion has ann tion for fillii itions at 1 dressed the advanced range man' agement class. V 'til Lou Burgess to Be State FHA Leader Miss Lou Station was ident of the Future Hi at the meeting at Gal of College first vice-pres- branch of the of America ofj a two-da> Saturday. 1 y 1 AAUW to Organize Chapter Saturday Association 0: A local brahcli of the American University Women will b#.organized at 8 p. m. Sat- Yll vited tb atten SperrjrJ' Anyone wishing mstion should telep ■ wflm 4-4289, 1 or The Brazos Club will i Thuisdny IV;! m •I »;.r. - L urday, May iL in the YMCA, ac cording to Mifs.j Omer Sperry and Mrs. James Potter who are in charge of the organization. Guest speaker for the occasion', is Mrs. W. M. WilcQxen, chairman of the state committee on mem bership. Alumnae of colleges and univer sities accredited by the national organization of the AAUW who reside in Bryan, College Station, or the surrounding area, art eligL ble for tncmb^ropib and are in- said Mrs; ther: .infor- Mrs. Omer Janies Pot- Meet T A&M Moth- the YM t 3 p.m. Iftttjft