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than the
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presented more hazards to
short drive from College Stjation tq B^yan
via the College Road.; ?
Wrecks have occurred;; people have
died; the police cars-..patrol, and reckless
driving continues. 4 ■ i- ' '
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this reckk
the violat
3s drn
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MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1948
"Soldier, Statesman, Krfygbtly Gentleman”
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Army ever ' a[ large majority ref vise to accept the
' top” signs in Bryan at face value.
The greatest hazard on College Road
A few drivers insist on
One student
ed recently by Bryan Police for
driving 90 miles per hourJ
Passing the car ahead on the wrong
.laic; vrii
i^ the speeder. A few driv
driving at break-neck speed,
was fined recently by Bryj
Violators falijinto
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but ai large share of side is a favoipte^of some. The fault can-
rom jthis quarter,
several’" distinct' cat-
nf)t be placed on tlHe passer because some
drivers refuse to move over to the side of
(•
4
egones.
who pe
This te
when a
site direction,
lators are; women.;
here is the bull
sts ! in pressing
ious type hogs
is approaching
n. A jar je shV
romen.; Thou
violationJmany drivers in
irritating? blare
Thou)gh not
-ist on
NEAT STALLS FOR DARK HORSES . . .
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dog tyj e driver
the bh ek line.;
the'read even
from t ve oppo-
the road and allow the car behind to pass,
are the police officers?
The number of patrol cars are few,
Where are the
torching from the oppo- ajnd the number of violators is too great.
A large sh^re of ti lese vk> . People will have to practice self law en-
i traffic fpreement.
the long
lorn when they
Were! You Present V
pass another car. A if hat ja diffeitence > be
tween ani:impolite! and a polite driver!
A violation whicl js on the in mease is
the use bf air wh piles. \ The juvenile-
minded individuals who dwn these whis
tles haV(S great bpiort ivien pa rol cars
are not abound..’ L i I. / f
Since 5the people connected , with the
college ai«e familiar with tile “Slow” signp,
L
iPolio: did ^not
clean.
Poliq \gill n
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of College Sta
ir hves and the'
But why do people do such hazardous
things? • •. | I i
The causes are as vlnexplainable as the
following little poem, which we found re
cently:
Littlej Willie, friends along,
Going 90, singing a song; f.4
No problems, no worries—no copS /
around, . 1 . J; ’ /
No tKinkee, ho lookee, now six feet
under ground.
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Twenty-five residents
tion arq interested in the
lives-oLtbeir familiea.
In a city-wide c jll Sajturday, Frances
Vaughn, -city manas er, aaked ; fo" help in
the garbage clfean-u ) cam}>aign \rhich be
gan at 1 J).m. yesten ay. Twenty-five per
sons, other than tpe cilty off-inals, Re
sponded: ; i ;J ■ !i j •
Tho^d few j)eopl^ may be t bh to stop
the polioitide bjCdoing thefir snar j and the
share of their neighbors who eno 'e to-stay
at home or go riding while the Campaign
was in progress/ Just tbink wvat could
have beejn accomplished if all the men of
College Station had gone!into action yes
terday
Yantis Leads COP Parade Down
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Broad Street in Philadelphia
By IVAN YANTIS i
(Ed. Note: The following report on activities in Philadelphia
pripr to the Republican Convention ras written especially for our
readers by Ivan Yantis. Mr. Yantisj is assuming the dual role of
Special Battalion correspondent to the convention as well a$ official
Republican delegate for Brazos County.) ' *
PHILADELPHIA, PA. (By carijier pigeon) — My reception in
ithis “City of Brotherly Love” was, | must say, not what I had ex
pected. The Yantis reservation at itlie Bellvuc-Stratford had been
-completely ignored.
\lh the lobby Harold E. Stasson { >
had seit lip his headquarters arid
was bijsily passing out Coca-Cola,
pretzel^ and potato chips. Upstairs,
my candidate for the vice-presi
dency was,bestowing upon the visi
tors cigarette holders and matches
with the name Dewey stamped op
them. As I locked -'at one of the
buttons however, I noticed the name
Thomas E. Dewey instead of Ad-,
miral Dewey was printed on it.
Who was this imposter?
When I confronted the room
clerk with my credentials (official
correspondent's card bearing nly
signature) and asked for the cigar-
smoke-fillcd room jwith southern
exposure I had requested in ad
vance, the fellow appeared highly
perturbed, and acted in such a way
cause me to refrejit to my
fJlt ..
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start
just be-
caiise onfe person! fallied tjo keqp his prem-
:-»L -‘i— o-ua .Lm n3 t‘be put under
control by 10'n of the citizens cleaning
up their property, i /
X concerted effort must be made by
11 Swampy ground, garbage areas, out
side. toilets, and animal pens must be
s rayed. Old junk, refuse, and garbage
rpust be hauled to the dump ground.
Public opinion with a smattering of
Verbal needling should be applied to those
ajreas in College Station 1 where residents
hjave not cooperated.
This drive must not be allowed to flut
ter and die within a few davs. As lone as
tne hot weather is here, all the insect pests
will be witn us. The city fathers can't be
c tiling clean-up campaigns weekly to re
store sanitary .conditions. *
Cooperate in this campaign. To par
aphrase an old saying, “Put your shoulder
,t(> the garbage can.”
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—young itien whew 11 gn
school iji the nejict- thm
pressed la dedire to go to
_*npt seriously considered,
i- before. ,!.
“Texas A&M Gbllege
every Texan may v ell be
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A radio comijmi itatoit is a
doesn’t know an
ing on than you
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more ;ime admitting
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list
ci edited to jit-or
ed bereft, f Rights'
Entered as sccoml-cl us’
tau Act
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did when jthi< Gainesvill^Commun
cifs was on ' he ^
i- -1 Smitlh wrote thAt “Q
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fnore
but
icial njewspapi r of’ the Agricu
qn, Tex Mi. & published five tir
‘ pt during hoi days an
•weekl fi -Subs cription
oftje at ’ Odleu’c SU lioi, TcxoJ, unikf
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Jameti iliimarchcv, Bo i
Loeii, tad Dick
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A&M; Sells |
J }-A&3|f canje in If or-slome k^nd w’ords
last week from the Gaimjsville Daily Reg
ister. Ip the Tojwri Topics colujnn of the
paper, A., Morton S niith,
raented oh the good jo
h^e pleasure
iad in tour-
the winter, com-
of sellling that
rite a
duate
years
A&M
that
a
proud
: e\v of the
Rom high
have ex-
who had
institution
school that
o0
ellow who
about What’s go-
can utie up con-
The Battalion
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Smith also commented on the
njiany members oivthe circus h
ing the campujs and taking advantage of
t|ie facilities hjere.
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! It is always with a feeling of pride
that we read statements which indicate
tljiat those who visit A&M were favorably
impressed with the school. This is espec
ially true when the statements come from
people who have such an unusual oppor
tunity to visit the 1 other schools in Texas.
j We might add that any good job of
selling done by the people at A&M,' was
niore than matched by the ifine job which
the people of Gainesville ^lid in selling
their community to those Of us here:
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For Rent — Sleeping room, suitable
fpi* couple. Man and wife preferred; 224
fest,Third Street.—The New Yorker.
wiuUrig motor scooter and search
for other quarters.!
I chose the next most impres
sive building in the vicinity, the
i Ben Franklin Hotel. Realizing
that my fame must have preced
ed me, I registered under an as
sumed name (a trick I had learn
ed in my African travels) and,
thi|H had little trouble in get
ting a room. The clerk was rath-
. er startled when I requested the
room from which Ben Franklin
had launched his famous kite.
Upon inspection of my quartet's,
I discovered that the rooms had
been specially prepared for conven
tion delegates. The walls were lin
ed with asbestos and a special flu
whisked away all excess smoko.
A stall with subdued lighting was
provided for any dark horses that
might be present.
In the dining room, I ordered
the special convention dinner
(plank steak and candidate yams),
and chatted with some of the local
citizens. I told them that when njiy
candidate was elected their city
would receive every consideration.
The Phillies would be guaranteed
a place in the first division of the
National League every year, and
the Liberty Bell, which had re
mained unrepaired through past
administrations, would be fixed
immediately.
These improvements would
come, of course, after plans for
Brazos County had been fulfill
ed. The Brazos Bottoms have
gone unsurveyed too long and
College Station is in dire need
of an additional water tower for
incoming freshmen.
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•t When my steak arrived I almost
gave up the trip and came home.
It was about the size of a postage
stamp and could not have been
seen with the naked eye. With the
aid of my reading glass I manag
ed to cat it. v
I talked with several Texas
! delegates. Each one tried to
i swing me over to his candidate
i but with typical Yantis loyalty
I I stuck to my men.
I One offer was very tempting
'though, The Taft delegation offer
ed to erect a statue of Sam Bass
[at the* East Gate but I felt that
jmy candidate would do even more
;good for Brazos County.
I tried to organize the crowd
outside the hotel into a parade
I for a march to Convention Hall but
there Was' very little enthusiasm
for my ^candidates. However,
! money talks; and. a few nickels in
the right places soon had them
j shouting “Teddy Roosevelt and
j Admiral Dewey for the White
j House,"
i As I led the procession toward
j Convention Hall I felt that the
pcopL/of Brazos County were with
j me in spirit if not in person.
‘ROW HOUSES’ AND OTHERlS . ; .
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Edgewood Correspondent Dines
With Teague in Washington
i By T. G
WASHINGTON, 1). C„ Ju
it is too early to present an ov
SMITH
ne 17—While at this juncture,
erall picture of conditions fac-
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a week and circulated every Monday through
tion periods. During the summer The Bat-
ertising rates furnished
per school y<
telephone ](l-5444) or W the editorial office.
. , ., . . ico, Boom
iphonc 14-5324) or at the Student Aeti'
im 201,
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e< exclusively to the use for
credited in the paper and }
repubjicatjon pf all other matter herein
Member of
The Assoqaed Press
4—Wire
Kelipious Editor mIuHc#
publication of all news d:
iws pf spontaneous origin
also reserved.
mtches
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Represented; HKiionally by Null
vortiaihs-tiemoo fac., ut New “
ai
James F.
E. ao«
J.“ BiUm«Uey, V. C.
Bob iSaok) SpooUfc-.
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cd camp. Leaving Morgan’s home
in Fort Worth Monday morning,
we shattered all existing records
by reaching camp by Wednesday
noon. The motorists were obliging
(even the “Yankees”) and the
rides excellent.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in it
self left much to be desired. The
inhabitants insisted ejn living ion |
cliff faces and 4 mountain sides,
piling their houses promiscuously
oil top elf one another.
Baltimore, on the other hand,
built millions of. houses exactly
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called
them. Very confusing.
Ttys afternoon, Morgan, accom
panied by your corespondent, jeur-
neyed to Washington, D. C. Derc
we called Congressman Teague,
invited 'to thei monthly-exAfegie
Cats and Goats Fa\
Than Famed Mom
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By CHUCK MAI8EL
Oklahc
twelve hec i<
lary. Thin^
ters, when
“There’s a
Then th
goat troub e
werje eatir g
switch eng n
A feme
and 150 g )dtfs
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Small towns have wop another moral victory in Then a $2(
their age-old rivalry with the big cities. The Jack- retired mieje
Sonyille, Texas, Daily Progress swung a low blow vision test vu
on the metropolitan areas with a cutting jibe at ly had no pejr
Houston’s current horse meat scandal, sayiijg: “We
don’t worry about getting horse meat from Jack
sonville markets. In a big city you don’t know your
grocer from the next guy and he’d just as soon sell
you»Whirlaway by the pound—in fact, he’d a little
rather because there’s more profit in it.” Sbisa is
not in a big town, but if 1 Lassie were ever reported
missing, we might all move to Jacksonville.
A Texas City bank advertised in the “Help
Wanted” column of several newspapers for a presi
dent and, oddly enpugh, got its man. The girl who
took the ad laughed but the 50 replies from all over
the US proved she was wrong. After jthis it wouldn’t
be too surprising to see Philadelphia newspapers
this month carrying the plea: “Wanted, one Presi
dent, Interesting job as chief executive of leading
country Open to mature man. Only qualification:
must please everyone.!’
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i“Unfortunate,” Fort Worth’s wheel chair ton}
cat, was bored by the wlhole thing today, really hte tressjed hojnlilt
was. He’S practically been leading a H°K’s life. The phoney ta >u ’
big white cat got its first taste of fame last week $350,000 lake
when Mrs. A. H. Coopejr found him after he was stock deal
hit by a car. The benevolent lady had a free-wheel- He believe
ing feline-size wheel rjhair made which enables lessors so 1<
Unfortunate to ignore his paralyzed hind quarters, i down profps
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Calls Possible In Ninety Daft
After Ityecing
000, Josep i (jYelUr
biography to prove
his sucker}; gHri'aM
UPl’s Hal
victims bald
wanted to
rarinij:
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eight houri movi6 tele-
Jnftrtunate junfortunate-
ilress.
I as hdd its goats jgotten after
f chiiWi by the local constybu-
<pe g i rig quietly at polite headquar^
ones oegan to ring, tj
rted | pine fraritic housewife,
g w:i thing off my line.”
Railrind called in that it had
). Seif ?ral o! the whiskdred mammals
>etwe in the ties keeping the
d up.
|n away at a local kn-'V;*,'*
on tl eir own
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■' WASHINGTON, June 21 —</P)
Congrjess completed its work Sat
urday night on a bilj to draft
young men for peacetime military
service. It only remains for pres
ident Truman to sign it into law.
Here are major provisions of
the bill.
L Men from 19 through 25
years can be drafted for 21
months service with the army,
navy, marines or air forces.
,2. Up to 101,000 18-year-olds
may volunteer for one year of ser
vice with the regular j forces;
This Was a substitute for a sep
arate universal military > training
program.
3. The draft law becomes ef
fective j immediately when ‘signed
by the i president but rio, one can
be induefed for 90 days.
;4. A Senate proposal for special
drafting, of doctors, dentisdi and
other members of the medical pro
fession as. such Was dropped. How
ever, doctors anjl dentists under 20
ate subject to induction the f same
as other registrants. Also subject
ft calli aside from the draft bill,
arc thoise doctors and dentists who
completed education jor received
their training Under wartime pro
grams, . j . j
5. Overall manpower strength of
the armed forejes is liaised ty 2,-
005,882 divided I as follows: iArmy
837,000, Navy arid Marines (>150,882
lowed to the only surviving
families who lost sons id thjc
war.
11. Conscientious objecitoft
be placed on non-combalt dii
if they objected, this, be de
if the objection was foundi ya|l
12. All draftees, 18 year o
unteers and other volunteer!
go into reserve pools ijiftei
pleting active duty. The tint
reserve liability can be redu
serving in active reserve unit s
as the National Guard.
13. The president may
do et
rlei;ie
Air Forces 502
mate strength
.ifig those who journey to Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, this
summer, your Batt eormspond6nt can give you the highlights,
of the trip up.
At this time only.your correspondent and Lucian L.
Edgewood Arsenal Correspondent
Morgan offort Worth have reach- and TCrc p rompllJ .
meeting. We were wined, dined,
(steaks), and generally made to
feel like conquering heroes.
Wo; met men from the Class of
’ll (u retired general); to men
from .trie Class of ’42 (an active
captajn). They were eager to hour
of A&M, and we were prevailed
upon to tnaketyse of our English
401 after, diriiie^. I might say,
Washington has not had two more
brilliant orators for some years.
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HALLECK VISllb
1COLLEGE
Mark kallcck, fonner anuouu-'
c?r for WTAW, visited the cam
pus with his wife Friday. Halleck
is now sjports director for station
WLEX at Lexington, Kentucky.
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,000. The approxi-
of thej armed ser
vices ajs of Junei 1 wasj Army 548,-
000; Air Force 882,000; Navy 389,-
000 ami Marines 8(*,000.
6. A Senate proposal to:enlist
25,00(1 aliens in the army was
dropped.
7. Registration would be limited
to men 18 through 25 years and
could (>egin as poon as the bill be
comes law.
8. Most veterans of World War
II would be exempt. This in
cludes those with more than one
year jof active service or 90 days
service between Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941, and VJ Day
on September 2, 1945.
9. The bill provides for Expan
sion of civilian components, includ
ing reserves and the National
Guard, with draft deferments for
those w'ho are members of active
reserve units.
10. A special exemption i is al-
Mrs. Hannah Ravel
Elected President
Of Women’s Club
Mr#. Hannah Ravel was elected
President of the Veteran’s Wives
Bridge Club for the summer term,
according to Billie Lipscomb, re
porter of the club. . 4-.
Uther officers elected for the
summer term include! Joanrie Pra
ter, vice-president; Eleanor Swarik
secretary; Hazel Parker, treasur
er; Billy Lipsconib, reporter; Lou
ise Miller, historian; and Margaret
Buffington. Parliamentarian.
Before the meeting adjourned,
it was decided that classes jfor be
ginners in bridge should continue
durtnjg the summer. An agree
ment was also reached to send in
vitations ft all wivep. of veterans
enrolled in summer j school to in
tend the weekly meetings.'
Meetings during the summer
term will continue to be held at
7:30 each Thursday evening in the
Cabinet Room of tlic YMGA.
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Salt Recommended
For Hot Weather
When the thermomeftr
above 90 degrees, Dr. G. W.
State Health Officer, sudij
that salt be added to ice wi
or that more milk, which ij i
ally rich in tali, bo added
diet:
Heat cramps <
pains in the stomach; headaches, or
nausea can be corrected with shit
he added. He also stated that hfat
cramps or heat fatigue majy occur
without the individual knoji
has lost any of his normal
of salt
"necessary men ' in industry,
riculture, science and
fields. Married men and
with dependents also woufd
deferred.
14. High school students
be deferred from draft/unt 1
graduate or reach 20 as Ion;
they do satisfactory class
College students could ednt]
the school year.
15. The president coub
plants and factories that fi
fill armed service orders
price,
ft. 'Ihe army and air foreu
court martial system woilc bd
revised as a result of nune'iu!;
complaints about military jmrict
during the last war.
17. Drafted men would h, ivi t! i
^ame right to reclaim ciivili m jdi«
that existed under the va' ine
draft. Wartime absentee
rights also would be extei
thoserin the armed service;. |
18. Men in the draft agt |; 'Ollp
of 19 through 25 years als > c ou d|
enlist in the regular armj ' >r ai
jieriod of 21 months. This on en d
the period for regular ienlii tu en .
which had been not leas thjan
years.
19. A passagt\ gradp oi it) tn
general classification tests in d <i
test volunteers murt Be arc sift l|
It resulted from complain ,s th;,t
the armed services had,, rai: ed th s
passing grade to 80 points '4 rifj
ject many voluntceys..
20. The National Sejecti Soi’-
vice Organization is renesta >li ihril
It would operate much as || di|d
during the war period.
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h
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all his
omnion—greed, Thby all
hing Ifijr nothing andj this dis-
7eil., (Hie. began by hawking a
re arid reached his peak in a
an i Omaha banker on a fake :
je began hy hawking
reached his weak in
laha banker on a fal
all for their own good,
do mhro good with these object
i d th(| ministry for the ahake-
) $8,000,000:? Gone—all gone.
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