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'•V 1 1 • > • 1 ' ji*f !i ■ f *V IN . , •• 'Aj HOI OKLAHOM SKGR„ OKLAfl Oklahoina We 8egr their first the * 1 ‘ Rl r first real) gain heels of an>ther HAY 0 P IN CITY, fi] ' *' , ■ ■ - ' / M. Volume 48 A - Thekstati Joyernmenk qoifttly iforr onl a brlt for the next liter Okla- Bgation Wro stu- rhat they 1 If pa«W, the bUl will r ' White schools to N< state Negro tnive; 4 ton does no)t iffer j TQ LEOT CANl STON, August TEXAS PROHIBIT^) P CAND1 open t when the jiat Langs- llar work. lL.1 r' |STS tTES i|4 —El ites prob e’s sre Wty ns her State Chairman!' Gerald. Houston, said Tuesday.j Overholt said candid \ ^ ably will be.'sejleicted at .jitate j cpnveiitifnj which |open$ next "Monday. The conventjkm also jwill select I. 23 Tpxas ?lec;bjrs for the party’a ' ticket^ on the NoV'ember General Election ballot | | W J j. Claude A, Watson, Los Angeles, g/ is the party’s nominee | for phesi- i dent,! with ;Usle H. Leiarn, jPfenn- sylvania, for vice-president. : I ARMY PAYS TRIBE I y- MEDAL OF I ONOR MOLD! WASHINGTON, Augl .4: The army is lenaming four of its Ships in tfibul e to medal of honor men jwho lost their lives in World Wan 1 II. Ohe.jwas a! Tjexan, ; Majj. Geri. Frank A.j Heileman, chieff of tranrportationl said yes terday the ceitemoniel will be held at hbme ports Of the ships, which areTised for supplying troops and residents of oicupied zojnes abroad. ^ Lieutenant James! EJ Robinson’s ntfrofl will be given to the Czech- »ry. He vitas killed in ■many rein April 6, 1945. His wicow-'ls.Mirs. Vina E. Robinson, Waco, Texas.: Home port | , of th!e shipj is New Yo oslovakia victo.,. .^. |1 . action in Ge: 'many r c. • MEXICO! CJTY - ■ /^Mexico’s.first homenii ./gasoline goes I on sale j. •.?"i. Soper-Mfxclina, a ^ >-^ 'fi.rodijct ofipejraex, the IRKETSI flRST NE GASOLINE :|TY, Aug. 4 -<A>)- i f'V* e high test Ay.; ; 80 octane overnment ill be) dis- petroleum (monopoly,! tribuied by c ipital filling stations at. 3a cehtevas a liteav| about 21 & cents 1 a galloi iat the iOlirrent'peso- dollali , rati : IT . v ^| Previously pemex prtodueeq! only M^xolina, a TO l octiile gasoline, and ^gasolinia,” | a much lower quality full. Pemex fifst announ ced the., latte:' no longer would be ■old, [but aft if pro arly from truck and era,'it changed its » Mexolina sells fotAl a gallon and gasolina Anti-Truman Forces Win Local Party ' Anti-Truman forces trium phed at the Brazos County Democratic Convention Mon day afterndon after a bitter fight which started when the :ommittee op resolutions pre sented two reports. The majority rteport was pre sented by R. V. Armstrong, C. M. Bethany and Al B. Nelson. They requested that a referendum be called to let the qualified voters pass on presidential preference. The minority report against the referendum was presented by F. L. Henderson, chairman of the resolutii was report- _ . or not the delegates !to the State Democratic Convention in Fort Worth on Sep tember H shall be instructed to support the national nominees for president and Vice-president or otherwise go instructed,” -- i A substitute resolution that dele gates go uninstnjeted was adopted by the convention upon presenta tion by W. R. Allen. A tptal of 25 "otes were cast in favor of the substitute' motion, with 16 votes against. ■ W. S. Barron was selected as chairman~bf the county convention, and Brownrigg H. Dewey, Jr. was seerjetary. W. R. Allen was chairman of the committee on delegates and meipbers of the committee includ ed J. H. Stockton, D, L. Wilson, V. J. Boriskie and George E. Adams. The convention voted to follow i the [uni: rule at the State Demo cratic Convention. ! j n IT — ..-jy ........ Battalio ■ » PVBUSBED IPi THE IfiTEREST OF A GREATtR A COLUEOg V 4- COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland),. TEXAS, WEEWESDAY.AUGUST 4,1948 V t A ■ ;.«f! A: - !■ , r oumalism Hea To Organize D J Donald D. Burchard, newly appointed head of this ti<)n from Soutl, family have just arrived at College Station from Burchard is now in the process of setting up a on ihe third flbor of Goodwin Hall. Otis Milled assists: and Agricultural Economics Department, has just becjii department. , ' ' f j . According to Burchard, three courses will be offi during the fall semester, Beginning News Reporting 201 ■y r i i ■ I ",T Number 22 Bryan City-Wide Youth Reviv Planned (or August 9 Thru The Youth Union of Bryan and College Station is ij soring a city-wide youth revival featuring the preaching nd singing of two boys from Wharton, Texas. j • The revival will begin August 9 and continue thi August 14. [I Rev. Jess Moody, a Baptist evangelist from and Rev. Bill Betts, minister from Vei \a! the j filing,' of a: civil U-;-- particul- or own- ni 17 cents- or 13 cents. fi 4 —t&> sday U. 8. FIL SUIT AG WASHJNGfT Attorney Geie annoiinced, t ie iningij antr-tirust action against both Amet|ican ani British makers of Decca phoinoi :raph reioprds. Thl action whs filedj in the Fed eral District .Cjmrt; iqj ; New York Citj[ (this miming. Iti isr directed against Ddcci, Records,iliic. (Amer ican [Decda) and Decca Records Co., |itd. (Blritish Dwca). The attorrjey general said the action charge The twp companies “withj engaging in 4 conspiracy 5 ’ and cartel agreements restraining ■ -■'iulii s * ! . the sale and’ distribution of com mercial phonograph! .records in liolatiion of the anti-tirust laws.” REG I STRATTON POINTS bEFT JO DRAFT BOARDS AUSTIN-, Tex., Aug.; 4 Apnat^.W) to Aug. Local] draft Jbokrds may set many registration polnts~*asf they think necieslary for the initial registration from Sept. 18. r :] : Those instruction! membjers of the stai board! Monday by ll -Vice State iDirecto - -The procedure 1940 registration j cess was glared to ere sent te ’s 137 draft lective Ser- !.: L. Berry, rs from the n the prb- r -rr rmr-r T eliertior system and was completed in one day. This t|me, registration! will be doh “W1 locati "a num in oth board dictk>4 in 15f working days. : 0 q local, board will" be there are ( ] sizable communitief er counties within the local area, it is within the juris- of local board members tc A 'T. VALLEY jCtTRUS EXTENDRl indi - McALLjEI^.T'ex., d. locate! registration places in, eact and eyepr iommunitg to which prospective registrants normall; vote v or gh school,’* Berry sat so: Mm .. A year-rpurid citrus season ! looms ■ for thp Riol Grsmde ThekU. g. and il mentsiof Akricultut tended md ilniteiy grapeflrqit gaoreatinl It was estimated cars of ijrgpefruit picked, The extensior because growers hav« to get icraws becauste t vest- demanjls, the ; said. Oran: harve RANCH RESEA1 r ] las c tab—fcii force k a ste *. resei only Raiichera 000-acre ' a lam state in »X.rt. Monday dk- the valley seasoi t 25 to 30 main-to be was ordered been unable cotton bar the dealt 1 A *4 men |i have departments year-round te nbina can bpibing ^ bAwhich X” Th _ Indus! » blow! ! V M ARMY Rabt Aug. the la: of xico it armed for xA Fussell Opens New Grocery At East Gate ' ' ' ' ; lij.- - i i t. ! |l ■■ • 1 -—Ty If ' f - 1 ( I SHEEP NEN—Attending Ihe Short Course for Wool and Sheep Production Problems at A&M, arei left to right, back row. Hefijten E. Jenkins, Coleman; H. E. Smith, Marfa; H. W. Monzingo, Del Rioi; T. B. ificks, Robert Lee, Jdnes A. Gray, associate professor, | Animal Husbandry Department, Front row, left to right, £. E. Shaver, Sonora; C. B. Gaston, Leakey; h. M., Fitzhugh, Garden ; W. H. Lehmberg, Menard and C. M. Huckabee, Abilene. They are all county agricultural agepts. Colonel Meloy Leaves A&M or National War College ; By C. J. WOODWARD I iT • ■ 1 > j A new stare, third of Fussell’s Food - Stores, located across from East Gate, will beopened for busi ness Thursday. The new store, to be operated on a cash and carry basis, has been remodeled from wall to wall, in cluding new fixtures throughout It will carry a complete line of groceries and the market will offer both locally-killed meats, veal ana beef, and choice,, top grades of packing, house meats. Spring lambs will be featured and all kinds of seafoods wilti» available. ■ ■ ’ . Approximately 70 feet of re frigerated display cases are in cluded in the store’s equipment to insure freshness of foods. ~ Fancy foods will be carried in Stock, and all types of cheeses are to be found at the fancy cheese .bar. A line of household drugs and toilet articles will be carried, also, i “This is the third of Fussell’s Food Stores to be located in the Bryan-College Station area,” said Mr. Fussell. “With our mass buy ing power and economical distribu tion system we will be able to of fer low prices on foods to College Station residents.” Any prices listed by FusseH’s Food Stores will be good at any of the three stores, whichever is most convenient. The other .stores are located at 214 North Bryan and 720H College Road. . UBy H. C. MICHALAK fCollonei Guy S. Meloy, West Pointj graduate of the class of 1927,[who hajs been at A&M since July, rl946, bided his tour of duty as Ge fnmandant of the A&M Cadet Qbrps ! yesterai He is veryj and tnl recoi them! elves years k ‘The A&M now 1 ^ i’ ■ i will be off for points unknown. ! lof duty for me,” the Colonel said. . During!the* war; Colonel Meiijyj Colonel Hayden L. Boather, suc- serVed overseas as chief of staff j cessor to Colonel Meloy as Com- of the 103rd Division with Gqn. 1 mandant, is a 1924 graduate of ay. proud of the Cadets I they have made for uring the past two peripr rating, which , is the . highest rat ing alttainable,” the Colonel said. ’The jCadets have one of the best ROTCf unita! anywhere. Give the same' support to the incoming commandant,'fbr many ROTC: units will bje jayinfr to beat your record. think qf you men often, and I wist'you the best of everything.” Colpnel Meloy is going to be a stpdent at the National War Col lege iin Washington, D. C. [After completion jof the course there, he ' Ag Degree Plan Correction! The article in Monday’s Bat- taiijon about the planning of cov4sesi currently being insti tuted in the School of Agricul ture included a statement with reference to transfer' “D’s” which was in error. In some casjes, a sjtudent may be per mitted to substitute another course for a required one in which he jus a grade of “D” except in accordance with ex isting faculty regulations. Jokh R.; Bertrand, Assistant to Dean of ] Agriculture, . A. C. McAuliffe, whose fam saying pertaining to the Germans was “NUTS.” j l . In the fall of ’45, upon returning to the U. S.,. Colonel Meloy again served as chief of staff under Gin. McAuliffe, and later served [as chief of Airborne & Liasion Air craft Test Section,- Army Fteld Forces at*Fort Bragg.' From fflat station, he came to A&M. Colonel Meloy is looking forward to. being a student again, but :he veryvpuch to leave A&M. has been a very happy tour West Point, and comes from a long line of army men. He commanded fighting troops in the tough North Burma fighting. Colonel Boatner, whose home is in Neat Orleans, enlisted in the Marine Corps during World War I, and Saw action with the marines ' T^e^new Commandant comes to A&M from the G-l section, 4th. Army, r where he has been since .July 1946. Colonel Boatner comes here with intimate knowledge of the Cadet’s problems. 4 Methodist enqs, Texas, will conduct the revival. The two youths are familiar to the people of this area, having conducted a similiar revival here two years ago. Betts and Moody will alter nate the preaching and singing duties. Betts will conduct the first service Monday night, and Moody will conduct the closing service Saturday. . Both pasters grew dip in Whar ton, Texas, and have worked to gether for several years. Betts, an evangelist and pastor of the Methodist Church at Venus, is a student at Texas Wesleyan College.' . i ' , The meetings will be held on the corner of Houston and'24th Street A large choir is being assembled to support thi evange list • The revival is interdenomination al, and the Youth Union extends ivitation te all the youth of vicinity to attend. m a M . ? 1 !i: — Dr. Randle Resigns Position As Economics Department Head The resignation of Dr. C. Wilson Randle, former head of the Economics Department, "was accepted by F. C. Bolton, Dean of the College, yesterday. The resignation is effective August 31. 1 I fi , .P| j j Dr. Randle submitted his resignation on July 29,/but Dean Bolton was not present until r—'« rCd y ie^ Church Club Holds R. C. FUSSELL makes « final check on the grand openim Gate. the Hast ig, tomorrow. The • ”t. ■ • r' mi new Mi store in preparation store is located across the position as Dean of the School of Business at Cleveland College. This college is a branch of West ern Reserve University at Cleive- l&nd, Ohio. Western Reserve University had an enrollment of 16,800 students making it. one of^the largest mid- western universities Of this en rollment, 12,000 students are en rolled in the School of Business. Before coming to A&M, Dr. Randle was vice chairman of the National War Stabilization Board at Kansas City. He pre viously served as wage stabili zation director of the National : War Labor Board. Before that time, he was professor of Labor Economics -rat Texas A&I Col lege at Kingsville. Dr. Randle received his bach elor’s and master’s degree in eco- [nomics from Duke University. In 1942, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky. Coming te A&M in September, 1946, Dr. Randle was named a professor in thi Economics De partment. He was named acting head of the department, and in July, 1947, Dr. Randle was named head of the Economics Depart ment. “We certainly hate to lose Dr. Randle,” M. T. Harrington, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, said. “But we realize that this is a good opportunity for him, We wish him success in his new job.” Newman Club Will Hold Dance Tonite X '13 . The Newman Club will hold an inform?! dance in the basement of St. Mary’s Chapel this evening at 7:30, Oscar Garcia, club secretary, has announced. Father Tipi Valenta will give an announcement concerning the Na tional Newman Club Convention tq be held at the University of Minne sota in Minneapolis September 2-5. tember 2-5. The St Anthony and St Joseph Catholic girls’ clubs will furnish refreshments at the dance, Garcia added, and large fans will be! used to combat the heat. >' - j All Catholics are invited to at tend. ^ J. -"■■■ ,7 i Business Meeting The Co-Wed class of the First Baptist, Church of Bryan held their .monthly business meeting Saturday night After the .business meeting about 40 members of the class at tended a farewell party in honor of W. T. Temple, former class teacher. Temple is leaving for Louisiana. L . Th* party was given at the home of Tommy Evans in Lakeview Acre*. Business conducted at the meet ing included appointment of a com- mittee .to nominate new class offi cer?. Page and LeRoy loin Chemistry Teaching Staff Dr. John O. Page and Dr. Royce H. LeRoy will join the teaching staff, of the Chemis- frpm the University of Rochester, New York, and a Ph.D. in the same subject from the University of Il linois. He has Held Various cheih- isteanatyat pests; And has taught analytical chemistry at lo*.^Uni versity of Illinois and the Univer sity of Idaho; t Dr. LeRoy, who has been , named professor of -chemistry here, re ceived his degree from the Uni versities of M> s80ur i and Nebras ka. He has taught at the Univer sity of Missouri, the University of Nebraska, Boone College, and tee University of Kansas. He was chairman of the Chemistry De partment at the University of Kansas for eight years. lit? Downbeats Will Play At Grove The Modern Downbeats will play for the regular Saturday night dance at The Grove, C. G. White, director of Student Activities, has announced. The dance will begin at 8 p.m. REV, V '..'4 ' .141 MOjOD r on ives ment Department, and hit e College. V face and class roops isoi in Rural Sociology tc the newly organized 1 ! • S •' ■ Jquirnalisra Department Sociology 415 - 416. The sr bf sections in each course i yet undetermined, he .said. Btiirchani stated that he would ca|h one course in Beginning 'let fs Reporting and one cour| lui il Sociology 415. Miller «afh te|e! other sections. I huvie one interest in com- In to A&M; making thi* new Jo [ima ism Department ope of th i outstanding in the itate,” Biirchalrd said. “With the own ai 1 « uipment which we have he -e, I ile no reason why thi* ‘ done.” t catnot be done.” Ti- ' • I. I olding a master’s degree from ,hej Un varsity of Missouri, Bur- thi rd lai had approximately 16. rei ra e:rp*rieni?e inthen*wspape: ie I e: was city editor of editor of th “News-Index” fouV ; years. After serving as licity director for one year, he imej associate editor of the dio IDigest” magazine. bile working for the Chicagt Aid and Examiner,” Burchan ed M the North Shore edito ’oij| tw< yeart, and general new -ker it downtown Chicago foi i yet rs. later became owner iHsh^r: of a Weekly newspape thr^e years iti Oak Grove, Mo. He began to teach during the ig tertns and work for news- pert during the summers. Dur- r this; time he worked for the Iwajukee “Journal” and the lit-' \ napoBs “gi I L ! [ j,' ' • art mrd [taught for four yean it But]er University and for three re irs at Oklahoma A&M. He wai processor and head of the De- jaltmenti of Printing *pd , Rural blirna isim at South Dakota State < liege for thfu*' years prior, tc a ning here. r * / >• i I4r. and Mr*. Burchard VitW hjtee (children-fJack-, 15, vtee jk ipHomore; Doh, IS, who is iir eiltoth grade; and Betsy, ll, isTiii the sixth grade in school, e BurChards are looking , fur [l >l|cf fo [live at the present time. Bachelor of Vi. Miller holdall Master of Journalism, atid Ityach^lojr of Law from the Uni- ersitjy of Texas. Upon finish- e taught niveraity . and 7 organized t|ie courses which were taught fr\-j teaching at the University onsin for two years, Miller th* “Jones County Ohser- ity He aerved . ..WmwjW also, worked foV tee Anson, Texas. t-publisW for i r seven years. •! ‘Herald” sman.” e El Austin A BATTALION tjoRUM of The Battalion, Kenneth Bon); announced. 1/ “This column will lye opet, personnel,” Bond said^ ‘ Any a under consideration will be! wel-V- corned.” / The move is in answer quests that the readers hive a pm . , _ . , i* place to express their op niens in other than tee Letters, to tors Column. The first controver- II All Began in ’42 ten Edi- jin in the Friday issue creditor of The Batt, has . : M ; J ■ ■ , • II students and college ^ opinions on the subject 4- /! 'r itj ' \ Colorful Grove History Dotes Back to Spring Six Years Ago By BUDDY LUCE. A second delay ip the opening many to be made of pur > gold. The Grove, Ai cM’s outdoor sum mertime enterti inment spot, has proven that it doesn’t take long to compile a hist jry among Aggies. A great numl er of present day Aggies do not n member the origin of the Grove. The plot was hatched by Stuient Activities in the spring of 1142. This was the year when A&M had its first reg ular summer semester and fresh men were still wearing Fish strip- ei'.; s L • ,/! ( Since this nev scheme was given birth to in th i early days of WoHd War II, c instruction was de layed because if scarcity of ma- and labir. The new slab compli ted by tee begin- the summer semester as but finally the grand ng was set for August 1st July 23, 1942, issue of the Battalion asserted that shipment of construction materials for the Grove “was about as fast as a herd of turtles,” ■■ ing of the new slab was encountered when the maroon pigment for the Mane* floor was delayed enroute from Chicago and the opening had to be postponed until August 7. The Aggieland orchestra, was slated to open the slab on Friday night and the queen of name bands, Ina Ray Hutton, was booked to play for a corps dance the follow ing Saturday night. Up to this time, the hew slab did not c have a name. It obtained its present title only after a con test was held on the campus the week preceding the opening. “The Grove”- Was the name entered in the contest by'John Sparger and E. W. Smith. Grove roller es, In a The blonde' bombshell led her all male orchestra to a victory over [J ■-w- ,*J the Aggi** in the Grove that Sat urday night 4s the students turn- by the thousands to dance ready siatea lor pres ten a female bandleader in during the rest of tut gown Which seemed to I and the early fall. ed out b; and wa a low-cut Since its gala Opening, t has echoed with the noise skates, juke box proms balladeers, and name baA few years it has become a j rman ent part of summer activi t; an thi AAM campus. In the w n rtime, however, tee East Texai makes the Grove a subjec t lect since neither man npr nouse could dance or skate in County “blue whistler.” The sad part of thi: that the Grove missed chance for greatness wh rains cheated it out of pa. Jones show this su pa performed before a crowd in the Assembly the cedars around the G to an empty However, the Grove making history beic‘silmdha* ready slkted for lilt].; . . — ■7 k bject to be discussed is .. . yitee Dixiiecrats Should or 'I oufj Not Bolt the Democratic rtyj” This subject was arbitra-. y selected pending requests from « readers for specific subjects. » editorial opinion Or Com- . wilLl* interjected by the Editors onelth*r side of the is- tue. Tie pro opinion will run n ope column, ana the con side kill be placed beside ^L The writer’s name will be withheld f he requests. rs may use first, second, third person in theif discus- Ujpns. The discussions will be de- i pted to tee subject rather than I ersonail criticisms of the. opposing gnteraj^ from read- I.' “Examinations,” “Cheating,” ^hy I Vote Republican or Dem- ranp,}’ | and tni| /Progressive will be future subjects, mse to thi* first subject [terinink / the scope of th» Bond! eShasited. “Wi like to receive enough com- from our reader* to run th daily.” . ^ x ents may toe dropped ii 'acuity Exchange addresset i (Battalion Jorum, in cate oi . No postage stami V ’ Via IEN HELD FOR 1TTENDING CAMP . RITCHIE. Md., Aug. 4- one national guards- an Oakland, Md. unii picked up for failing tc nnmer camp have been or* remain here for the two- session, guard offi* m
