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'■ *' I m i h v Bf H i.- • / '■ !i%i 'V' T7 J ■ N.i rr «/] — VIOLl.i SHAK iT EARTH^UAKFi HONSHU COAST IE !,, I- 1 vT / i- ^ i TOKYO, Jtuafi 08 wn—TJk* wes coast of Honshu was rocki'd to 4 dnjr.bx violent bnijfchquakesf tha | may have lulled thousnndioi Jap . anese. I . Tokyo newspapers es.timntbd the deaths .bl 1,000 frori first reports The City of Fukufi with; a -popu-f lation of 44,000 ap lenred hardest hit. Thje newspaper Asahi siid 90 ; percent! of the ci|y’f buildings had collapsed. Fires raqbd foot)hours after the quakes. The gofremqr of Fukjui Prefecture appealed for aid. f } * f II • r , VANPORT STILL JNDER ^ ig fFJ?t of watJbr /!! • • I PORTLAND, 0reL June waiting for hpmles. Throughout the pacific west at least,48 ar^ dead; still niissihR from Vanport. | of thetklcad were^fiMm then| Columbia!/ v ver The was nine feet abdve its banki Fiye •St I t weeks, ago it fir] st-s^o here. I 1 i ^ ? i Not for another 3( days infs dot Tlieron: D. Weaver; North Pacific Division Amy Enj ineer, c|n rej- eonstruction start oU brokenflowelr river dikes. | I | are • horth- ; JG are Ten Saturday riki Five \tent ovoq' flopd GERM WARFARE WON’T! F, CHANGE I1EFENSE—ROYALL ■ 'NORFOLK, Va., June 284^)- Developments in worm Warfare will not change th)| country’s die* fense setup “ih tfad foreseeable fu- tdre,”,iarmy secretary Ktmnjpth G. Rojlall ! said Saturday. Itoyall, -wHMmkltessed pratluates of the jarmednsertrici's staff tfollepo here, made the.state|nent at d pres? conference. A reporter askikl him whethea- Russian re search ip bac teriological weapqnji miphtj prove- “an aiiBwer to the I .tom Boteib.” “Thejre is nothing in {rerm war fare that would affect the farmed forces iset-up here iin the forsee- able fpture,” the replied.! ’]! UL L i qrnuy sodi-etary BRITISH DEVELOPING FIRST! CLASS ARMY 7 i 1 u ■ H Volume 48 — COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1948 Journalism Department to ■ - " W; ' " An. Jjiksi S f.,r :7>s I ; ■ ' t First Aggie Cadet to Arrive At Fort Sill Forgets Salute By LARRY GOODWIN and TOM PARSONS Howard McMillan, member of the Senior Class of 1948, at A&M, and the first cadet arriving at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, Artillery School for summer ROTC training, performed in true Aggie style when he stepped onto the post Friday, June 18: he forgot to salute the Commanding General. McMillan, member of “A” RPt-if — 1 — 1 — tory, Artillery at A&M last spring:, V.* LONDON, Juno >8—WU-War ! Minister Emanuel Shinw^ij said Saturday nigrht Brifaun’s aii rapidlyi developing |ito firslj condition.. y ‘is class B ACCOUNTANTS E St ' 1 NEW PRESIDENT! DALLAS, June. j>8—6'PI President of the Tefcas Soc Accounjlahts ia R. B. McD •. J^ w ^l el ^ cte( L , , meeting hjere yesterday. New ty of ile of t the NEW WILCAT f BLOWS IN BROWNWOOD, T e\as, Jiine 28 *—CP)—A wildcat oi well 4aD feet from tie Bangs Ci y limits blew in Fridjiy and'causer itown-lot-leas- ing to become activ 5. The >; nearest ipr'»ductioi)| two miles sputheasPof the;' wildcat, has produced a million-c nH-a-hau' bar rels during several years-. 1 ., The ■jinklcat topped sand afal.OftO feet an« bottomed at 1,107. if floW- erl wider open throng n a sev(fi-inch 'casing/while prep n-ations f were | jnajdejtjl stop .the gas.,- 4 . A&M CARET HOWARD G. McMILLIAN, (right), is personally welcomed to the FORT SILL. OKLAHOMA, ROTC Camp by MAJOR GENERAL CLIFT ANDRI S. Post Commander. McMillian, the first A&M cadet to arrive at Fort SHI. is one of 240 Artillery Cadets who are attending the camp this summer to study the latest techniques adopted by the Artillery. ! (Signal Corps Photo) i ] , l 1 Pups Will Whine Grandpa Jones and Romona Will Fidijjfi Wednesday Night i I, / By BUDDY LUCE ■ \ ■ ■ ^ | / 11 • ‘ s ’ Dogs will'howl, pups will whine, and trains will whistle Wednesday night when Grandpa Jones ‘Turns them pups loose” at The Grove. Grandpa Jones will make a personal appearance here to bring the long awaited "‘Old Rattler” to the‘A&M Campus to the soothe the pains of studying Aggies. . Not much recollection'is necessary to recall who Grandpa Jones is. He was the first ; u. s., l'AnaDjan defense CHIEFS IN CONFERENCE ’ WASHINGTON, June 2^ '^— The two chief miliary scientists of the United \Stat4s and Canada will puj; their heads tiogethm - he*e in a thjee-day meeti ig starting te- diy. gheir nationsf have itSbfen^e problenfe? in eommoi iLJ i !,, 1 Dr. , Dmond Mch illop Sfilandjl, lairmitt of the Ca risearegi board, is scheduled |to. ag- r ve hero as a guest of Dig Vilil- ngvar DusFi, ehairnfan of tjhe re- olrd Si-arch and development board of tne Uated States military; fcstaq- lishmeitte; . ;• , j .— ' | I • IB DIVISION MOEILE 4 FORCE PLANNED’ \ NORFOLK, Va., . une 284-CP-t- Secretaa-y of the arny Kennfcth V|.' lioyall isaid Sajtun ay a mobile striking forte of Hi intently ami anhoreo divisions i i : planttld foi - the -arnrty by 1949. ' Roya|l said, the .kljvisions, of efiuippeijl.,.' The cabinet member Institute of Oil- Seed Technology Established Here An Institute of Oil Seed Techno logy has been established at A&M according to J. D. Lindsay, who will direct the organization, Lindsay said the Institute will i ;adian (frfehsje ] bring all the resources of A&M iS.ons, would beJully manned and Dartm „ nts of chei tjie plans in (Se com jhence- jff f X y ’4adua^^^^ to bear on the problems of extract ing and using oil from seeds. In addition to college personnel, advisors will be appointed from such organizations as the Texas A&M Research Foundation, the Texas Cottonseed Crushers Asso- cifitioh and the Texas Cottpiji Re search Committee. Dr. A. W. Mellch, as vice-dirOc- tor of the Engineering Experiment Station, is chairman of the policy committee, which includes Dr. Carl M; Lyman, Dr. S. G. Stephens, Dr. W, R. Harris, Rr. William M. Bryant R. Holland, le de- ;ering ag- heads of t partments of chemical engin 1 i Jlchemistiy, Dr. F. W. Jense tlyealed*, v t | and' foremost Cause bf the “Old i Rattler” era on the campus during j the spring semester. Music lovers i remember the melodious strains of | coon (logs, hound pups, a five string ; banjo, and the mountain top tenor [of Grandpa himself. | * Accompanying Grandpa will be his musically inclined “grand children” featuring Ramona, champion old time girl fiddler. Grandpa and his “troops" come to Aggieland from the “Grand Ole Opry” of radio station WSM in Nashville, Tennessee. Rumor also has it that remnants of the Aggie Ramblers will serve to lengthen the program at The Grove and help to act as hosts to Grandpa. 5 I Grandpa is not the old timer that'' his name implies. Actually, he is somewhere between 35 and 40 years oldf’Hc has been playing and singing “coon dog” music for many years, but his popularity did, not grow-by leaps and bounds un til he graced the airways with “Old Rattler.” The musical story of Rattler is the most popular of a number of [hillbilly and= folk songs that Grandpa sings and plays.' ' j ; ; i Listeners to WTAW during the, spring semester will remember Ov was among a group of cadets who drove up to the Fort Sill Training j School a full day early. Met by aj parade of brass headed by Majorj ! General Clift Andrus, Camp Com- j njandev and Col. Bryan L. Milbuyn, j head of the ROTC program, Me-! j Millan merely smiled and said hel- ! Shortly afterward, McMillan emerged from an intensive-proc essing completely decked out in baggy army issues and the usual accompanying bewildered look. But bewildered look and all, McMillan is now saluting* ★ A camp newspaper “Ranging ’Round” will be published five times a week, Tuesday through Saturday; Co-Editors: .Alan Skip Self, former Battalion editor, and Larry Goodwyn: Also Tom Larsons, Bill Brown, and John Standefer (Senior in the Band last year) on the predominately Aggie staff. Lieutenant Herb Carter, June Graduate of A&M, is athletic of ficer and assistant special services officer. -t Schools represented at Camp: St. Mary's of San Antonio, Okla- i homa University, Colorado A&M i and Arkansas State. Approximate- j ly half of the 285 cadets here are I Aggies. i Welcoming ceremonies, offiically ! openihg the camp, were held June ’ 21. Major General Clift Andrus [ made, the welcoming address, i The first copies of The Battalion | received here werp passed around among the Aggies as if they were (See FORT SILL, Page 4) ~r Churchmen Meeting Today For Discussion of Rural Problems 1 hT IF j ■ 4 !; ■ ^ I By W.LH. BEARDSLEY , Rural church leadens from many southern and central states met today in the YMCA for the first session of the third annual Rural Church Conference. The conference, which will end Wednesday, will be devoted to discussions of agriculture, economics and social problems of rural areas. Among the prqminent church4— 1 -H—■— leaders present to apeak at the conference are Reverends J. C. Spurger, H. C Ziche of Taylpr, R. H.' Kuretsch of Gerohimo, and G. C. Scjnirman, state rural church evangelist of the Christian chjurch. Dr. T. F. GulU.xson, president of the Luther Theological Sem inary wiU make several address- Msgr. Hubert Lerschen, piaster of Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Rayne, Louisiana, will be one of the conference speakers. He was born in the Netherlands, and attended Fribourg University in Switzerland. Msgr. Lerschen is now vice-jpres* ident of the National Catholic • •* P - B - Royalil said the itational | guard I College divisions which will take division*'would include thf 49 th j part in the research are: depart- “ments of chemical engineeririg, chemistry, biochemistry and nutri tion, agronomy, genetics, mechani- cal engineering; the cotton pro- —I ducts research and chemdrgic re- Sep-pearch laboratory; Engineering Experiment Station, _ Agricultural Old Rattler record contest carried ^ ur j^ Life Conference. armored iif Texas. ^ i - Hi ■ GUARANT CATIONS INCREAS IINGTON, June 2( Far the first time sjince | >e dine timber Jjthere has been an in |l rease ications forj yetera ?es, the veterans adminis- ..Uon said Saturday. 1 The 34,000 applications received May were *7 j perce »ber w Apfil.’a nionthlyj ry showed. May, 1947, ap plications totaled 51,000. loan Experiment Station, Industrial Ex- the graquate tension Service and school. i I ! during the nu Stimma lications loiaieo o*,ouo. ? There was a decrease in the Dal lis a T; v ’ll 11' 7k U. k. TROOPS i 1 IjNtePALEST] onie j- ESTINE IINGTON, , i imembers tateg navy and ve been assigned the United Nations 'truce in Palestine, tl*e nary said day. 1 1 ; Fiftyifone marines R. H. Mullen, Hous l indied 'last week Marquette, now ' V^jPjet in the M handle signal com the Tnlce Mission -Ig nited pine 2: if. the marine | corps to duti with sjsions htur- stqp &c headed by Lt Texas, were tom Hie; USS h the! sixth iterranfan, to niicatiojns for ' .jj Bryan to Get Neiw Water-Saving Plan Sprinkling of lawns between midnight and 9^ a. m. has been proposed ,by Mills P. Walker, Brjy- an city manager, to save both wat er and )awna. . . p He further suggested that peo ple living in houses bearing even numbers Sjprinkle on Monday, Wed nesday, a$id Saturday, and those living in houses bearine odd num bers, spribkle on Tuesday, Thurs day, and Friday. • ! i J If this plan does not work, Walk er says some other method to pre vent total depletion of stored water will be sought. I on under the auspices of the Ag gie Ramblers. The versatile Tex Fields, possessor of the widest grin and longest drawl among the Ramblers, brought down the house in a Guion Hall performance of Old Rattler during the'1948 Follies on All College Day. Tex is widely known for his antics with a banjo, guitjar, fiddle, or base fiddle, and was a contributing factor to the success of Grandpa Jones’ classic on the A&M campus.! *» When Spike White, director of Student Activities, notified the King Recording Company of Old Rattler’s popularity on' the cam pus, they immediately sent to ra dm station WTAW 25 discs of the thing. This resulted in the record contest. , i ; Dr. Mark Rich, secretary of town and’country work for the American "Baptist Home Mission Society, will speak on! tThe Church in its Community” Wpd- Any listener to the Ramblers could entet the contest by telling why they wanted^ a record ;of Old Rattler. The best 25 letters won free Recordings* The re sponse to this contest was almost alarming, and the records ran out fast. Rattler scored another triumph in the minds of Aggie music lovers. : i IA large turnout is expected for the Grandpa Jones show on Wed nesday night, and, since the show is free, some-music lovers had bet ter bring their own chairs. Grand pa won’t disappoint you. l \; ?|| " ^ SUT^iaSiw •rrskSi nesday morning. Dr. Rich, a native of Oregon, is a graduate of Linfield; College and fcolgate-Rochester Divinity School. He did his M.A. and Ph.D. work hi rural sociology at Cornell. He Is author of several maga zine articles and has written a book about ids work, “An Ef fective Organization for Rural Churches.” ■ In 19S5 he was hon ored with an award for rural work by the Northern Baptist Convention. An attraction of the conference will be the Deseret Quartet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, who will give special musical numbers for several of the sessions. This church, although it has only one rural colony In Texas, is well known for its church pro gram in Utah where it has been responsible for the agricultural development of the Utah desert, r* _ i i * I . ' i I t Assistant Dean Of Agriculture Receives Award By LOUIS F. FIELDS A fellowship at Cornell University has been awarded John Bertrand, assistant to the Dean of Agriculture, ac cording to D. W. Williams, vice-president of the Agricultural School. A veteran of more than threw years in the naval submarine serv ice during the war, Bertrand was dean of men at Sqm Houston State Teachers College before he became associated with A&M in 1946. Bertrand wilt study in the field of rural sociology - and , education in the New York | State College of Agriculture, which Is a branch col lege of ComeU AUiiversitaU studies will emphasize personnel training and academic guidanjee in land grant colleges and the Ex tension Service. This type of work is designed to aid students in va rious phases of college training, including close co-operation be tween the faculty ami the student body. By this means, jt is believed thjat a great many individual problems' in planning schedules and main taining higher scholastic standings may be solved. Helpful suggestions to students will be stressed in stead of a quick recourse to threats. Bertrand will remain at A’&M [for Freshman Week in September, during which time he Will be avail able for consultation and guidance in the office of the Dean of Agri culture. He will' eave for Cornell (University immediately thereafter. the field for which our particularly suited. i Our students will be broad educational hackgn uUd \v|t) a minimum of technical < o i •ses i journalism. Students ma this department will al.qo a sufficient knowledge o chanics of newspaper , to fit them for practi town operation.” “Interne” Trainii Editors and publisher? as weekly and daily n< will be gsked to visit tl e as lecturers and obser their advice will bc.teufh deg to keep the curriculju ticoi An arrangement mer “interne” training o ven ing i ceiv !|ie mq* .j ftl ° a if smn 1 mi Vex; w fljpapertii .dasses y, arid cd students in local m v throughout the state wil sought. Journalism students to work in agricultural wU be given sufficient nj'jrif.’fiUu: background to enable th< derstand the problems communities. Those whi into oil or industrial a receive engineering co nflps background for their wor Special Training In addition to traini i|{ peetive newspapermen, tl e also M I, Mil >ectiiiu| nijto u c 1 thei f ill £' das will y ment will furnish training in neWsj paper writing for futui o countj agents, vocational si fiji -ultui tehehfers and others wh d; e work will be enhanced by this Engineers- will receive training in the field of writing. Provision will be made cial traihing of young will work on agriculture meal magazines, ns well who will specialize in ag i oil or other technical wfi newspapers. Department Ilea The new dcpartnujnt headed by Donald I 11 lining (specta •hnicn \ r spe ir&ii wh i ■ tech ■it thos. 11 dturial] i|ig fa y : iai ■chan who is coming to Texa.4 fi o {i Soiitl Dakota State College, is professor and head i partment of Printing ai Journalism. Bui'chard received his gree from the University sobri with a major ih jeju and taught journalism University, Indianapolis homa A&M College befoife to South .Dakota. - r In addition to his training, Burchard has city editor of a midwestli^ owner-publisher of a weekly, associate editor Digest magazine and a sta ll mem! her of the Chicago Herah aminer. WTAW 4 Kampus Kuiz’ Prpj Offers Fame, Theatre Ticl D. D. Burchard, South Dakota State, Nam Head; Will Specialize in General Trainin A Department of Journalism to train A&M students for the operation of sm \ weekly and daily newspapers will be established here in September, President Gibb (! announced today. The department will also emphasize training for writing on agr c and technical subjects. | ! 1 “We have no intention of duplicating the efforts of existing schools and depsrtfher ■fof journalism," President (pilch: said, “but intend to speyih ize i lool y it pape: prosfj (icjmr* J ' - . 1 Number 9 —- <4'. Anderson has been eleva- [from silvicultural research to acting director of; tie Tcxfls Forest Service effectiire 1. chic Julj A. Anderso »:re die i)t>- Kura )*|A. da f Mis- alisra ijButW l Oklafi _ |jnoviIng| April .* a^uiemii cjrJmd dail; issouri Ra|’ n >“P , nd Ex! By BARRY SJIITH Do you sit. by your radio day after day and-ben otn tj fact that you can’t be the next contestant on your fii/orjt| quiz program? Have you missed the one and only c'laWM fame and fortune just because you don’t have a teb No doubt everyone at one time “What a yokel, if I were there !♦ could win that new fluid drive dirigible.” Yearn, no more my intelligent fx-iend, for the quiz fever hap struck College Station. That guy you see in front of Sbisa Dining Hall from 12:30 to 112:45. Monday through Friday is actually giving away something for nothing. or another hd THE VERY RE! MSGR. HUBERT L of Rayne, Louisiana, first resident of the National tenci CHI NFERENCE here Jane $0. Rural Life Conferenc idress the RURAL & I 1 ' , j . * , , ; : - 1L REVEREND secretary of Toi Work of the Home Mission Society, will dresi the RURAL CHURCH CON) " 1(1 ARK rich. and Country rican Baptist rill ad- IFERENCE here June 30. Bill Guthrie is to be the perma- ent announcer on the Kampus uiz, but until his return next eek Milt Frenkel is plying the al peasantry with questions on cjurrent events and getting their opinionated views on vital issues, j At last there : is something to do between : that two hour class ih the mofning and that one of clock lab; j so if you can recite the Constitution backwards or ex plain Einstein’s Theory in twenty five words or less, don’t be bash ful, uncover that hidden genius. You lovers of the cinema will know that free f given away to enough to ha.; contestants. Numerous es are to be added to the list as the program , com- | tinues. T Sponsors of this new sidewalk show are Bryan Office Equipment Company, Halsell-Donaho Com pany, Launderette, Pruitts Beauty Shops and Automatic Gas Com- pany. , The questions will be thought up by the “highly imaginative” minds of; tl|e staff of WTAW; so one can only guess what strange and fantastic subjects fill be dwelt upon. Don’t you stay-at-homes feel as if] you have been left out From lone? A. Anderson will bo clq- vatetll from silvicultural ri'v, search chief to acting direc tor ( f the Texas Forest Serv ice Jply :i, according to an annqi iijcemcnt by President i»ibb Gilchfist Anderson will succeed s 8. L. Frofd Whose resignation as acting (Hrecioir will become effective June 30 no that he may accept the exec utive directory hip of the American :ry /AsiBociatiejn in Washihg* resea ra Thi Forejatiry/AsiBoci |)y (|!. Frost had been actjntf cq April 1 of this yeat following the resignation of W. E. tehib j r | I 1: ’ i ■. An lerson baa. been associated with the Texas Forest Service for 12 y» aiv. He joined the organ iz:>- tion iniMiay, 1936, as assistant for ester tb the forest protection Chief at Lifkin. Hiis duties were gradu ally changed to forest research and management phases. ■ I ( i. Thi sp duties enus(*d him te be kui !•[ r : ' ; V ' f : opition of director vacated by n slgnation of W. E. White on April I is expected to be filled by j Septqnjbor 1. A Field Worker t Conclude Two-Day Meet Here Friday 6:30 to 6:45 in the evUn Krause will be sending y a program called Sponsor.” This radio show is belnj sored by Joyce Togs ’N T >; ed Appliance Farm, an Store, Frank Seale Eleclri pany, Champion Tire Supply, Deaton Tynewji change, and Youngblood The object of this quiz i: ten to the commercial* Bi ing and wait for hiip Ho number. When the ‘ phftjii do not 'answer with tjhe < uHoma “hello,” instead, give the ij»mc o the company you think i|j’ advertised. The right answer will b u ed with a dollar and th< cumulative. To date the four dollars. g- Bill ir waj “Nhijje- The spJonj Unit Ham Cqm !afe. to lix-ij read 1 you rings edit© Prddpction and Marketing Ad- • ministrat on field workers con-, elude 1 their two-day school in in-. formation methods here test Fri- ' day.- j '.1 ' [j 1 •_ Th >j jgnoup which attended con- siste< of 16 district! field men And 20 ACA (AAA) secretaries. Howard Kiingsberry, acting state PMA director, presided at the ses sions Arrangements were handled l by \Li-Ij. Chenault of thg state PMA office. Jack Sloan, visual aids speci ilist of the vxteasion se^ |demonstrated the usp of co slidei and other visual methods. D. A* Adams, extension radjo i* f wadfd ■ize It Dt” is I y k j Jensen Is Inv To Address Dr. Fred W. Jensen, hendj of th< chemistry department Hi s | receivt ed an invitation to i )<)ik a the national meeting of tl e|j\me| can Chemical Society to I e Ik St Louis next September. Dr. Jensen, one Of thi e< ists who have been invitep ,at the symposium, wi the subject of “High 1 Oscillator Titrations*” His tion to speak was extend tdl by H. A. Laitinen of the Diptytm of Chemistry, Universit nois, at the suggestior PWlip l Elving of the |A Chemical Society. ex A &M, was in Of Texas chan e of the radio clinic with a faculty! Consisting of the. ing radio farm directors: Cox, W ncr, U wbjpI Shell or Th» PMA district field men gre expected! to hold siimilar schools for count? ACA secretaries in their distlricts so that farmers-and rancl mcn may receive'information on AAA activities and programs throigh their local newspapers'and radio Stations. Dr. Edds Receives Educational Award r, ;r rge T. Edds, oi the De- t of Veterinarj' Physiolo- H IbHu fa fellowship by the Gen- Board, according T. Edds; of Veterinarj' 1 jlPharmacology, has rlded a fellows 1 -’- 7 '- Dducational 1 „ iJW. Williams, Vice-President Agricultural School.u pave of absence has been Dr. Edds for the one-year , at the University of During this t in the field of d; and at the san work on a doctor’s r’-’tt W \