9 r ' ; . •n ' f ' ' ! '| F •: MHWwMIflfanMMiMwa IWHIPW—HI I |i -gggwgjgiflH 1 ’ t AIR FORCE TO BlIY 2/201 NEW' 1‘LANES WASHINGTON, iune II The Air JFojfce said today it ME buy 2,201 new planes as a: ftep toward timiljlihg ua a 70-gi O' f0«e. iir . fi The money will ome from r $15345,1^,000 whichj the d5< department l| -v ' 4 purpose : from_ recenjt defense propriations. The program will bombers,! of which J62 u /- 1 long-range types, ind 1,4051 jet fighters. . J. /i f The long-range B-50 type betmb- ' ers. will ha f ve conven tional i,r()ci|pro- cating engines. Buthe prograrti algo will |nclud< bombers, jof! which |0 willl T . ^high-speed “flying'wing” joft y* on *. }| I r I rr c • it 1 eamiarl ed for the i nse Ahe I * include l are' !b ! ,j fi Vr Volume 48 “ i i- I PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST Of A GREATER A &M COLLEGE r ; ^ I ■ ! n • ’ |] || ■ I' •*' f- “ 'T' : ' ! : ' ( miion «!avy f' BAYLOR; SMU TC IN AUG I R ATE ROTC SAN ANTONIO, June 11 Armbgcjnenjt's have >een con.pl between Baylor Uni rersity co and iSputhenrJVIe hodist) lln sity r at: JDallas and the Tenth! F.orflb for the est ^blishiiuen 1 ROTC units at tli^ r two sk-h ) T -, Brig. Gen. Ifarry A. Johnson! com mander !of the Tei ih . Aiy !F gee, Brooks Air Force lase ihere, : nounced today. F - I ‘ Tentutivei plans worked! pint tween Ptesident William W.| V Wite of Bajilpr and Dr. Umphrejy Lbe, president ofj S.M.U., and the 1 ;hth Air Fo ce .call fo; organiz. tjon wwk to be underw iy hei'ob« l ily \ 1 witMlnstijuction t) start) m Sep- J tember, | ’ [ |L ThMd commissioned ((tiff cCrs ,, and fisri .ndh*commi isionodl off bps ‘ 1 + ' will be! establfshcd at each o? the two imititutkms. ~ , r ; 1 jj! :! j. CONGRESS LAYS ADJOURNMENT PLANS WASltiNGTON, fine 111 Republican senator agreot to try nnd ad jour i Congres ; by June lift, bnt decidi d agtui stUet ting th|tt As a- “fixed dh e” ibe cause St. might .enejmfage; ^esljon- end filHbufit!?r«. Chairman Millikii (R-Ucjlolf re- poytedi. this decisio|i by a If i door session of : he Rjr Canferejnce; attendei l by. 4i2 51 GOT! senators DIES WITHDRAWS i FROM SENATE l|ACE AUSTIN, Tex., Jape 11 ')—t >*>- Martin; {Die^ of Lufbin today brni- alty withdrew from the 1 U. S. i Senator. ’ “Sintcp I can iriot make ■ ja l Pgal race I ,do hot Want my^ nftm i to appear jon ihe ballo ,” Dies sa d in a telegram to yanri M.^Kcni tdy, secretaily oi the exi cutive coir »it tee/ Ho had. ssaid previously ''-he would «oti run.: J ! U ffiuft. I I a jj’ Tho domrtittee nieets hhiie 1 Ion- day to :make; up tie offijcijfil jjfnly N ’ I STATE OWNERSHIP L T1DELANDS IN 1)1 CATE ' 7 WASHINGTON, June i' pie Senate Judici iry flentatHely approved tdda r lo give Coastal stites iwine^hip i Vof oil-rich itideland: I The fina) decision was teniporlarily to per nit the Ing .o|m the votes of two) pl|sent senatofris. : i NORTHWEST FACES j NEW FLOOD WA I'ERSu PORTLAND, Orc./Juni j Flash :foods, and high tij li ?d new! threats on tihe wa :j ! Pacific Northwes today, [Thp ■~ y: swollen Columbia rnd Fraser IRiv ers bn.ijt (their tl ree-wtok flooil siege toward new height* Thra 2 cloudburs s- ainli RouHiiWnpour sen h tons hUrtliB f into the r igipg and nr ire farmlum) was strme 650 square mile; uiide)"1i'a;teir. Th? weather ShoWer s | ami thumjlershowps NAVY TO-SPRAY HIDAtGO COUNTY EDINBURG,-Tex., Jun ' Nearly every tpwi ‘ in County Will be Rp ryed j\'i by U.i S. Navy planes pa gn against pplic, Couht Miltorii Richardson annoi nr He laid the spraying gin probably toda; r or Planes from tfie Corplis Naval Base will u itf thr munici|jal airport UCar irpibsit an optjjrations .base OIL SANDS STRUCK NEAR McALLEN MEXICO CITY, June! ll j-UPi ,;The Mexican governmen’, oil non- opoly,ipemex. has anmunce oil bearing sands hayi been stru k in * a deettitest drilled (six m les sfiuth- east of Rejmosa Reynosa is just ucross borderj! frqm McAJlep, Tex. ; C • ! .( PK t (day d4ie W r oolket plans to visit illy. He Manolo Leon Ortega, Class of ’21*. ' ‘ who is president/ of the Mexican Chamber of Commerce. Ortega’s son is entering A&M this fall. COLLEGE STATION! (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 11,1948 Gainesville Community Circu Tonight On Ryle Field For 1 ~ iK * Fa F ^Slinw Ffifltiirfts Tiatftst Spker Opens Season Evfrvthil)i , Esffpt the T At Grope Wednesday By JERRY SUTHERLAND . * 1 I |M : I | •. . . i Earle Sj)encer, nationally famous singer of ballads and folk songs will appear at The Grove on Wednesday, June 16. Sponsored by Student Activities, this New York baritone is first of a series of entertainment made possible by the stu dent’s activity fee. ) j , ] f|| Spicer is more than ft bnlladeejv He has successfully; combined an Xcellent voice, a priceless sense H humor, and an unusual person ality to become one of| 4^ e Goa’s top singers. His interpretations of “Rtory in songs” possess | that in formal ahd delightful jtoftch tlrnt apneals to lovers of nfiuijic, Eng lish literature, dranin, find speech. Trained In New York! and Lon don, Spicer still conisderH Himsolf ‘Frankie and Johnnie!’ type. Satisfies Audiences quartette; and played the bass vio lin in tjhe college orchestra. W'ide Experience After his studies abroad he sang with many of the leading symphony orchestras, for the English nobili ty, for the Governor-General off Canada, at the White House, and with Donald Vofhees and his Qf* cihestl’n as Radio’s ‘‘Fuller Brush Man/” / In What promises to Ire one qf j ternjediary between Woolket iind ; President Aleman. Marentes had !a sojrf attending A&M last semes ter. V called for a trip to Mftx during the latter part, of > belicjVes that the subject of .the meeting will be “cooperationjbe- tweem the Mexican gover nment and A&M along engineering and agri cultural lines.” i-i, .... H Wjoolket has been visiting (Mexi co far the past 25 years bn;;his vacaltSons and for learning. He! has visitiisd numeroms schools and/in stitutions to get a better bdek- grourid for teaching Spanishj; he I said] ' ' 'J ' j When the illiteracy campaign smarted in Mexico three years aRij;’ Woolket visited several schools there and offered sugges tions for improving their teach ing methods, i ' * \\ * ; j fAf present Woolket ftdrvos as I ititoj-preter and adviser- hetWeon i.-iUl .-i—— F—I liwn , an j/i x/iMinx'n wv v»i% From th-' numerous ichfools and | the highlights of the summer sCrt- colleges where Spicer Irias! present-j son, Spicer will shed his "lohk ed his informal concert Come re- hair” .for an unusual program of porta of ftatisfled students iand far-1 ballad folk songs, ally menlbers. His sirtipljidty, di rectness, and humor have been his “secrets" of conVeyini|; the Inti macy of his songs to uh audience, regardless of their siftei Spicer was born oh a farm in Acadia, Land of Evaftgcjline. As ft boy he sang in the chuiyh choir, anil at college he fouhd; time to study voice, piano, and; organ. He also sang jin the glee club, ' 1 By JOHN SING I The Gainesville Community Circus, veteran of Field for a one night stand tonight. The main show the doors opening at 7. The performance will be sponsored by the Rra^jt C and'Bods Club of College Station. The circus, famous as one of the most colorful Number 2 I' ! ppeai[s j, Stand Is. Clowns; onal ‘Bis T s of trOuping, will be on sjcMluled tdj start at 8 p. m. A T yle rlsjith —r——r—T” and Instruction In Square Dancing Begins Next Week foi'efasjt: (,-Pi algo )I)T •am- yi Irto row Ciristi )tri- ities n as George L° n K> eustodnijr of ^ first through fourth grade will ; than a half million p{: thrqqighout the Squthwest, wa»- tlre iave fore ople Tljiii 1 show has already played thin soasbii in Lubbock, Sherman ftftd Giiuiil Prairie. After its encage- nmcj here the cimis will Peilorm GERRY MURRELL, aobvo, Is a member CTRCUH group appearing at Kyle of lire GAINi:$l , t ILLK Field tonigh j By the time the complete Pt ram fbr next year’s Town Hi The remaining program will either Phil Spitalny and his Girl Orchestra or some name bajnd. No contract has been signed by the former, but negotiations for Sjpit- alny'S aggregation are continuing, Daniel added. , i# J rm fi>r next year's Town HftH has been scheduled, it is expect ted that around $10,000 will haye been appropriated for the enter tainment series. Tickets for Town Hall will go on pale at ihe first fall registration, to be held August 23, Daniels con cluded. No price has been placed on the ducats, since that will de pend ori the subsidy which the college y-ill allow for the serie?. i , . i ' i : > 1 : ill i ■ Bryan And College Mayors Say ere lh?£ton n s ^ho„y oK Health Emergency Exists A state of health College Station area, Station ami Mayor Ko day afternoon. After a group of m y Vick of Bryan cleclhret tion citizens including Vfck Christian Church To Meet in ‘Y 1 1 i j Services of the newly organjzejd A&M Christian Church will be held Langford, made a tour breeding places within t limits, Bryan and College Station city attorneys were requested to draw up a proclamation stating that a Jicalth emergency) I exists. emergency now Mayor Ernest ore than forty Fryan and C< and* fly- city exists in Langford t i iil Denixon, Pauls Valley in hqntin, Bowie, VV‘ c hita FoIIm, arid DalhiH to r^und out its rary.i ■ , /V j ■' Otic of the oulNtunding grift of Ihirt Keason is Ihe II return art, in which fieri a tunil somersaults, pirouettes, twisters in midair to he ea in the hunds of a cateher, A im>un|of 25 clow’ns will vldei tho laugh)t for the hcci kln- lano Jp«‘- mo- nioh. Among their inimber is incWied fra etln| A master health plan up by Dr. W.. H. Ritchey, man of tHe Jaycee “htti-fly campaign, was discussed day night in the council hers of the Bryan City HftH. The inspection tour was uuiiuuc-/ ted by Dr. Ritchey and A. C. Allem head of the Brazos county health' department. It is estimated that tpere *are more than 1300 open toilets in Bryan alone and that, even when the new serVage system m instal- 600 holnes out sewage lines. Garbage dumps in both Bryan and College Station were visited and found to abound with flies. The survey made by thej Jaycees produced the following !dan for the entire summer: j 1. Garbage cans be ftprayed every two weeks during the sum mer. 2. Installation of a sanitary fill at every garbage dump so that garbage may be covered with dirt each day. 3. Revise and enforce (present privy construction to make them fly-tight; 4. Form a systematic Uilte in the two cities for the emptying of all surface toilets at [regular intervals. 5. Spray with DDT or some other effective insecticide each surface toilet on the [ outside every two weeks and thie inside once a month during the sum mer. 6. Enforce treatment of live stock, poultry and animal pens by individual owners. 7. Drain all unnecessary ponds or fill them in where possible. Merger With Vetoed in Elc on drawn chair- Thurs- cham- comluc-j at 9:30 every Sunday morning in j led, there will be 6< the Assembly Room of the YMCA, of reach of the city’s - o, Reverend Allen Watson, acting pastor of the new church, annqun- ced today. Plans for a new church have beqn drawn lip. The church, which will be located in West Park, will cost approximately $17,500. services will be Con- the YMCA until the Regulftr ducted Various Methods Employed Devious Means Emptied To Avoid Heat; Reporters Find j- By DICK ADAMS And F. CUSHING A well known observation Is that horses sweat, men perspire, and \yortren glow. Ignoring the inter ests of the veterinarian, The Bat talion -made inquiries about the campus .as to wnaL if any, meth ods are being used to retard the perspiring and glowing. The first visit was to the en tirely modern, air conditioned (a book propping open a dusty win dow) office of the Modern Lang uages Department. There a pro- j fessor in ft heavy woolen suit sug-i ! gesjed temperance in eating com- i bined with the wearing of light; clothing. The personal solution of librar ians LeiU Fosmire and Mildred Pryor was a desire to resign their present positions in favor of a job in an ice plant. i-. ) . j !' : ! j 11 j Mary Eleanor Vaden, a pro-1 suggested that anyone silly enough fusely “glowing” Tessie currently to attempt studying should try attending A&M, resorts toi barrels Lipscombs spacious booths and a ce at of limeade and a maxlmuln num ber of fans. (Electric, 'that is.) R. E. Schroeder, ’48, interview ed while busily Suspending his hammock between two) no parking signs wheezed, *‘I just haq to get cool iiiterior. A large cok frequent intervals will pacify the management, he stated. • j Rev. Norman Anderson gave the only intellectual approach to the solution of the problem. He advisOd out of that court> room in Milner the sufferers to do as he does and Hall.” | Jy|[ji i - ! ! become iso engrossed in the phftno- Professor W. H. Rothroch, catch-! menon of perspiration that the ihg a North bound train, rt uttered actual heat goes unnoticed. “That for Greeley was crftzy; he Gladys Holi - -• 1 ~ inin should have said ‘Go-North, young hrian, go North’/’ ; ; T George Fairbairn had probably, the most concrete and applica' suggestions. First and foremost urged Ibng, tall, and definite! frosty beers; (as a economical fac tor he pointed out that the pur chase of beer by t was much cheaper.) i 1 i’ll ik and Mrs. W. Nedderrhan agreed that the over all effect of the “new look” was unchanged—the area of exposure has merely been dropped. I all, few College SI were in sympathy I Old Summertime” Battalion reporters ie still buried the summer heat A&M Stude Revisit War Battlefields Charles D. Kirkham w A&M veteran student, back to Europe this si: revisit the battlefield? ! fought asj an infantryn ft He is Inot going f< i| but as one of two Te,x i for a wjork-study tou • by the National Ip the guidance of Ameri tion authorities. Af luge St France the Unit While visit St, ill Plebu headf^r ihrer 5 •hei® [ i, d UH ach- tnil and by and king, h pled st n ^seljecti ! ) pbnjso i< r :ollqgi Englu A&M uth cd»i- to D jn- rany !| o s uni! r pecu^; i week in eturnj i ;o back in ! New York S _*p ember Kirkham will return (;> t&M t' i? fall, to resume his stu|l||e|i in elec trical engineering. it af- Student Ire-semes- A&M students voted filiation with the N&tii Association in an end-of-tl ter election. In an election held ini the Aca demic Building. 265 students voted against ratification while 218 stu dents favored it i 1 ! The Election Oommittbe of the Student Senate had disqualified! a poll conducted from dorm to dorm during the early part of the week due to irregular voting procedure. r -t a and fin: u Ball Fans Personal G< The Battalion will ered to every' don r summer in sufficier to allow one paper according to Alan culation manager. Married students dents living off the failed to sign up talion on registrati do so in Room 20b Hall. Addresses may b< mail to the Office Publication. Battal handled in the change Post Ofl free. Nikfl ham i [tfmbferlft col Iq tier lifi A&M the-'group ’ L*d States, in England, Catherine's Lodge, Windsor, a sr|ii|l Because sheets and items were unobtainable to St Catherine’s a sir rj items (all stencild A&M”). This was th; gift from an American an English school. Kirkham and the otliiM will qli from New York Jum the Marine Tiger, anl| lirst stffh ollegej siiht su h ij9 abojxi ilrry. f4i: toyll Good Stud*it wi I poftUJie such otherwise dignified p^oji fa high ychool mat hematics t jer, the munagetf of the local ’merchants asso’eiatioir, a phyfjifiun and in automobile dealer. i Sbrne of the other 1 thrills amqseinents wi|l be furnishi 1 |ti)ryj dogs that elimb ladder? dive into nets, high wire wa and acrobats. Although none of the Gaines ville Circus performerslare pro-; i fessionals, some have been withj v the show 10 to 15 years. However, the show on ; JKyle Field will be mimiK one of; the traijilional props of the ch'cus business, the “big top”. Siirce'it in being held in the enclosed stadium, np tent will be Used., Aidult general admission is 11.20 -Uirfteep omtor *2. ft(h‘: and stu dent’s tickets, 90c during the ad vance sale only. Reserved » for ;adults are $1.70; for chi dreq, $Llj0j: and for students $1.40 (ijtudents who buy tickett at 1 th^ ticket window will pay the ’Regular admission price. ' ^ -^Reserved seat, tickets entitle the holder to a seat in the reserved section but not to any particular Tickets are on sale at Malelcjy - Pharmacy, Louis Mais Grieery, The Campus Corner, The < 'ave, Aggieland Phnnnacy, Lipscomb’s Pharmacy, Black’s Pharmacy, and the ’Southside Food Market. ousing Offici Gets Telegrap By BARRY SMITH ’ • ' ; B That clicking noise you hear,in the housing office is A&M’I nevy teWraph machine. No longer must Aggie* wait for the bad news that their dates have suddenly taken ill and can’t 1 [make it for that dance. ” , iA: ~B. Henson, manager off the College Station branch of Western Union, uttnonneed the installation of this machine as a convenience for those wishing to send or re ceive late telegrams. This office will be open only when thd main office is closed. - ’ Business will be handled in the sairlre manner ns long distance calls in regard to incoming messages. The boys in the guard room may Mine pounding into your room at any hour with that excuse you., neijd fqr cutting class the next Ted Cathey ahd the men who will Operate the teleprinter and now undergoing instruetion from Hen- M . . O' 1 ; ] Henson also said that no pioney orders would be handled.J This little measure will uitdoujbtcdly meet provai 'The vith the wholehearl of narents. j office hours are from 8 , io 7:30 a. m. on week days, e same hours are observed on Sundays with the addition of 9 tq 11 a. m. and 4 to 6 p. m. Ex-Aggie Goes On MacArthur’s Si j J j i, !j ' .! l | ji..' '■ Sergeant Efraim A. Ex-Aggie from McAllen, currently aligned to the ral MacArthur in To! ng to GHQ Speciftl N( nzales graduated ft High School in 1! red hi* education his enlwtment in the iy in 1947, !■'•> i i I I k