•T* VOTING HEAVY Rcportf torday in more tion than In i up in election o| It was heretofore faithfuls to *ppro\ Democrat: T In Jim ties, whe: leged fraui voting w, ITED STATE (, 'rom over the cated Ti ■at in the i !Ver before. • places they ird n, ‘ 'icials.j di: loro imblini candidates rimaries. and < Coke R. S Ilectad in val eoun- 'enson al- tueu8t elc tion heavy. Ballotinf at tho in the Ai lII< in^ th cast at thief same hour in thW moch puWicized precinct no. Alice was far ahead of the t! ! Ai ! 'r! n / > i|i j|i : ill 41 iv COUEGE! INTEREST OF A GREATER A & M COl ION (Aggikwaii fexAS ;e lUr XL ■ "'i V' lf : ! / VI ii ti X exas Collegiate Academy Of Scie f Ke R<*>rgairo«l ^ 1 ! CK hi Ml in nkwber list runofjf PUERTO 1 ]RICA ALSO VOTING SAN JUAN, 3 —UPi—;Puerto Ricans., terday for their own goyernp the first time in history! M - About 8)72,000 voters,! $, record reo’istratibh, are eliiable. ,^nco 1898 when .Puerto Rip j became a United-States dependency, the. gov ernor has ibeen appointed by the U. S. President But under tt ilaw^ signed by ^President TrumaiV past year, Pudito Rico won the nght of Democ-n tic election. ; • |j eprvES Premier resigns UNDER INTERNAL PRESSURE NANKING. Nov. 3 -UPU-n Pre mier Won fWen-Hao onnbunfeftt to- dav that would resigh, j i The tink premier, wh6 accented the post Ujider protest and twice has attemracd to quit, reported on tlie econothc situation to A i hostile leeislative yuan, admitting- that his efforts to balance th* national budget wfefe “a total failurei’*’ Econom^ control regulations backing rency col were with yesterday. CttUCK MAI8EL I . l! ■ | Another item in evidence tl A&M is rrowing up culturally the re-organization of the A& Chapter >f j the Texas Collegiate Academy of Science. The organi zation is 1 >oihg reborn on this cam pus undetj the auspices of the Uni ted Sciences Club. The AcMemy is war because; vta H Cigar ny is set up to pro vide a scientific organization for the umleirgraduate in Texas col leges. A state meet is held every year and papers are read by the students, and a monthly journal is also publi ihcuT by the organization. Most Tex is I colleges always have had large memberships on their campuses. I A. few years ago. the Biolc Club obtained the charter as the A&M chapter but after repeated demands rocm such clubs ps Ge ology, Erttomology, Pre-Med, Ag- ronamy, ajnd Krcam and Kow, the United Sdeuces Club was organi zed as the[AT*' ' “ ‘ * wont on member- ship. !i Last year, a group attended the state meet in Austin and James Livennan of A&M was elected State Vice-President of the organization. Liverman and William Lewis collaborated on a paper about Brazos River or- ddds. This paper won first prize at the meet James Deer of A& M won third prize for his re port , Dr. Charles LaMotte of tlie Bi ology Department was chosen as counselor of the state organization. Frank Knapp, of the Wild Life Conservation Department, announ ced that the first meeting of the revived chapter will be held at 7:30 p. m., November 3, in the EE Lecture Room. Knapp urged all students who are interested in any type of science and who would like to look over the advantages of the Academy to be present. Delegates to the state meet to be held December 9-10-11 in San An tonio are to be chosen at this meet ing. Too new gold jpsed cmublote iwn by twl gbve^nnient I r T: TWELVE fcTTMAimN# b i CHARr-EkwTTH TREASON BUCHAREST. Romania, §ov. 3 —UPi— A \roiUtavy tribunal sen tenced 12 Romaniana today, to Pri son toms Ranging front \5 years to Wfc on oiargoa of plotline with American ind British re^rewnta- ui hard labor of oronev’ and mill fondants n; lives to otvierthrow tho govommor All nentehces htifc one All ihvolve c4r lots of civil degradation, aro^i'czorve ' etl for scatjon rights hy do* m i What’s Cooking AaWw. 1. THuxulay, Squtht Sq- rhym YlW’A. . Tl'L free Corn Cobs Offered To Pipe Contest Participants I 1 | . ■■ 1 by C. C. MUNROE ! Corp cob pipes—150 of them—arrived today at the Goodwin) Hall headquarters of The Battalion’s annual pipe smoking icontest. They will be given to all men wishing to enter in the corn-cob division of the puffing derby. With interest in the smoke session mounting hourly, the ; 'j 1 '♦sf octal shipment of backwood-style * fil 1 f* !• pipes donated by Buescher's Indus- " Inrkey Grading, Inspection School Held This Week ihukl m m K I n \ ' l' m h "p i/'. m a v ir ; u ii ' « r*.-: * . ' N ■m ■ 100 V- m n K • / .vv. , - MZ mm vm X XTTB. 7:30 p. ins. Aca'h )UNTY, CLU Cadet Colonel MARVIN R. McCLURE wiU present PATRICIA PARKER, Aggie Sweetheart, to the student body of A&M during the SMU-A&M game Saturday at the Cotton Bowl. * • 1 tMf’TT" ....I .... y. ,r H 1 ■ ■ 1 'f 1 Aggie Sweetheart ‘Pleased, Thrilled 9 !.•; 1 . ; il . 1 c |! |1 By JEANINE BROWN I. ‘T was not only surprised, but terribly thrilled whejn Dr. McDonald, (director of the Department of Joiirnalisrh, piLaui'ca,'thU yenr’Vpl'pe^moking told me I had been chosen Aggie Sweetheart,” Patricia (Pat) ccntcst will be one of the biggest Parker said when asked how she felt. “He said I looked more , Room 106,! Academic conduct clo Ptteliminartas p. omie ~ The nnnuhl turkey gradin 8chool.it blunt held on the ctpa; this week (under tho direction ministration. ; Tho poultry department furnish es , tihe ftchool with facilitic* to tries Incorporatod augumentod a gift of six i>ounids of pipe tobnceo frpm the I makers -of Holiday smok- in < mixture. Thus, from early np- rt.. Thursd BoUSimr, I BEAUMONT CLUB, , Thursday, Room 108, .lAtat BuHdimr j i BRTTSH COUNTRY CLUB ter yell practice. Rooln 205. dom'c BuPjri ng. Longhorn pic will bo e. r ii B A S T R O P - L E E C0TINTY CI-UB. 7-30 p.m^ Thursday. RoOm 208. AcnSoUie Bonding.! * BAYTOWN CI-UB. 7,tun., Wol a ^ re ®^y qurijif^, said _ (^TsenWrry p.m., Thnrs lav, Roomj!327.:iAcla(* I ■)! ' domic B'd ding. Will Thnnkso-iV’hg: narty. I cj RRlsrnwiitvnN rrtTjKtv CI TTR aDer y<*l! rimetico Thursday. Roam 223 Aoaderilifc B"iWing, HJSK. aftjer veil; pme«ee. 7|hur. CfmNTv qjj: p.m.. Wodtije^flay, Roo-> wn LAMAR i demie R'dldaig. \ A* B^'bbu*. i i UNTV G|,TTp ,lj7:$f Roon^205 > !Acfl- Ti 1 LAREDGJA^M CLTT;B. 7:15' m.. Thursdiij.j Room 126, Academ Bt’H'W. fl ! jii i, LOrKHAkT CLJJB. f:15i'ii).ntA Wednesday, jRoom 207, Academic Bu-'RW. f | ■••'3 • ■ '[11 j XENTRAL ! TEX A S n veil prnetiee. (il, CooAwIm Hid" COtlN W«'tyy, /'vj ..y liUdlng, joartV, RO CUJBi Wodnoa- ’ MO.A. J amaiu cMmty »>. ill., we.ipoiklMiy, »wh>ode uRicum, 'm p. V^ednwdny.Jlir 0. K. Pf. 7 h.tit.1 WAifncu* : -it 'V North CLUB affc dav/ Roer»n NAVART 7:30 o m., Aeademle ThsnWivlii NF.WCOM dav a n m, PA RIM cum, 7:3| \\pf\w OM VUMT NV Vih. 'Th'Wfcdw le IhdkUng. «lel»ir*is, L MOUARE , 7'tlt) n. np, Leeiup*. Rn' 'TAURFI 1 dnv Pplrnt. drjl t^rtftre - TRANM-Plfcos Cl.UB.’ffiiSp i. m., Thursday, Room 227. Antdeni- lc Building. iPlans for Chrisimas dmea. jt twe peItrot.euM; E^rrll- NFERING {CLUB. Wednesday, 7:30 in th<{ j Petlfoleum Lwitum; Room. J. HJ Dunn, presideal qf the Shamrejck Oil anoPGa*! Cd., will he the iftpcaker. U.J.A., 7:lp Wednesday, YMCA Chapel, Ii! - S ' .'i: T. H 'll UPSHUR after vtdl 802. Acadenjiic Building?! j. WILLIAI CLUB, 7:30 205, Academ WEATHEiRF •after I 2 Ag Seniors Win Trip to FFA Meet Robert Bigely and James Cato senior agriculture education stu dents, have; won all-expense paid trip to the national Euture Farm ers of America convention to be held at KanisaS City November 14 to i9. Tl- T- The two 'Students won the trip by selling the! largest number of the 200 subscriptions to the South ern Agriculturist magazine sold by the local chapter.. The magazine hays the exheniKes for one delegate for each 10Q HUbscriptions sold by a FFA chapter. Hugely ami Cato will represent the A&M eo loglato chapter at the convention, they will leave .Dallas on the speclil train that will carry delegates frnm Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas to the convention. Shcpardson Leaves For Two Meetings 7:iip weanesoay, imv-A jr Bounty aam ot,uB nrkctic**. Thursday, Room dermic Building?! . ON o ,m.,' li! Buit &M CLUB, Thursday, R Rm.104, Academia F I Suilfling. ORD COUNTY 'ter yell praot Room |i Oj 1 Charles N[ Shenardsoh, dean of dll leave today for ago to attend the annual meet ing of the American Butter Ineti- ctjcr to bo held at A&M. The committee of lodge# who vill supervise the lighting up of AggieJaad’a pipe# have announ- oed that a special attraction will be added to the contest—a new Straying from strictly stem and bowl competition, the judges have authorized a special cigarette roll ers division, to be divided into a “novice” and an “old hand*’ class. The novices will be allowed ( to us i both hands to create their cof fin mails and the old hands;will be Hr ii ted to one hand after thhy have pi; iced the tobacco on the paper. The [Assembly Room of the YM Cj l has been designated -as the place where pipe puffers will light un, and November 10 has been designaled the day for the event. According to the rules, each s noker in each class will be nven a measured amount of to bacco and several matches. He will be given a signal to light his boiler, and from then on he is op his own. No additional match- ek may be used once the fire has started and the man who keeps his pipe lit and in smoking con dition the longest will be declar ed the winner of his class. $o far three classes of pipe snlokers have been named— the standard for men whose pipes are pf average size and shape; the cotm cob 1 for the country boys and men who expect The Battalion to furnish their stokers; and the ex tra size for those men with out- sized, odd shaped pipes of; large boWl capacity. Other classes will bo established if entries Tor any particular class Warrent it. The “roll-your-own” boyij will be in a class by themselves, with firmness, shape, ami speed in roll ing being the major judging points. A long list of both valuahlo and worthless prize# is being arranged > to reward the winners and losers alike. An entry blank for all [those viiHhlng to enroll in this new ma jor sport U printed in The Batta lion, 1 and tobacco engineers who wIm; to establish a name for them- wives Aio asked to turn in the entry blank to the contest editor In care of The Battalion no Inter tian‘ Howptber 0. }MU to Honor tggies, Tessies Students of A&M and TSCW mjr tute, beginning Thursd scheduled to!speak at th He is meeting. Attending ja 'meeting df agricul tural leaders) ini Washington, D. C., Shcpardson will serve as chairman of the committee to discuss the possibility df -obtaining accredit ing systems for -' agrieialtnral [jas well as engineering schools. - I He will alSo be a member of a committee "to consider the report of President Truman concerning the commiss on of higher educa tion as It relates to land-grant col leges and un versitieo.” The meetings will lost for on en tire week, Di an Shepardson said. -"11 scared than happy,” Pat laughed. ♦ As is tho custom on the Tossie campus, the big secret of the ye^r is not revealed until announced by Picture Schedule Fqr Club Groups Group pictures schedule for the 1948-49 Longhorn have been an nounced for the week by Truman Martin, Longhorn co-editor. All club group pictures are in formal, Martin said. The following schedule will he followed; November 3 Lutheran Student Association, 7:30 p. m. at Lutheran Student Center; Bay Town Club, 7:45 p. m., YMCA Lounge; Lamar County Club, 8 p. m.. Room 205, Academic Building; ASME, 5:30 p. m., Ag Building. November 4 San Marcos A&M Club, 7:30 p. m., Room 323, Academic Building; Laredo Club, 7:45 p, m., Room 120 Academic Building];, El Campo A &M Club, 8 p. m., Room 209, Aca demic Building; Brush Country Club, 8:15 p. m., Room 205, Aca demic Building; East Texas Club 8:30 p. m,, Mothers Room, YMCA. November 8 Society of Agricultural Engineer 7:30 p. m., Ag Engineer Lecture Room; Corpus Chrtati Club, 7:45 p. m., Room 227, Academic Build ing; Petroleum Engineering Club, 5:30 p. m., Petroleum Building. i . | I 17p ' ' '■ E. Ingrain Receives Bronze Star Medal Emmett A. Ingram, senior archi tect major from Fort Worth, was presented a Bronze Star medal at the Corps parade yesterday. The medal was presented for ac tion in the Pacific Theater of Op- orntiona. In presenting the award. Colonel H. L. Boatner, PMS&T and Commandant, told Ingram that hi# actions had atood the teat of time and that the award was “more vnl- liable now sineq the war Is over and medals are not gbam out as freely ns they were miring the war, Ingram served 212 months in the Infantry nnd/WM overseas with the 9(1 In Division. He also holds two Purple Hearts. have been invited to a special dance; in the BMU Student Un ion! Building Saturday night Following the game, according Steel Is High Mi In Judging Conte grams received here yee- by Charle# Kirkham, it! of the Student Senate, McClure, cadet colonel The f« read: “SMt ii text of the telegrams b . ! invite# student bodies and TSCW to informal ovember rfxth, nine to Student Union, ! in Claire Pickens Student Council SMU ■■■■Ban I Judging Contest Ed Steel from Throckmorton, was high man in tho Senior Live stock Judging Contest held here last week. / f Ralph Wheat from Eastland was second, and J. Fred Davis from Monahans placed third. The livestock judged were two classes of fat steers, two classes of fat lambs, one class of breeding heifers, and three classes jof fat' barrows. Reasons for the placing# were given on one steer class, one Iambi class, and two fat barrow dosses. I 't Assisting Bill Warm, the live stock Hols and were Fred tho Daily Lass-0, so Pat was sworn to secrecy. 1, 1 “I was so happy I could hnrdly keep from telling, Pat said as she explained how she, on the sly, had to wire her mdther the news add about the inevitable problem 6f clothes for the weekend. And. never say a woman can't keep a secret—Her roommate didn't even know. “Dr. M*c ‘fil ed me over the Journalism Build ing supposedly to take picture#!, When I got there, he closed all the doors and windows and then —he casually turned around and told me.” Pat, Who is a senior, is 5’5“ tall, weighs 111 pounds, and has blue eyes and blonde hair. She is 21 arid an institutional management ma jor from Corpus Christi, Her selection as Sweetheart was not a surprise to many of us Tessies, since Pat has long admired for her blonde beauty and her striking personality, Here at TSCW she ha# been a Redbud princess, social chairman for her dormitory and ta a mem ber of the- Dietetic# Club and Mary Swartz Rose Club, a Home Economics Majors* Club;. Beside# this, Pat also has one of those coveted “B” averages. / l ! L * 1 Speaking of the 'Weekend whejv she was selected from 11 other nominees, Pat said, “We had grand time that ‘ weekend whe: the judges were here, and I knu like me the other girls can hardl wait for Friday night, «ycn thoug: I am getting a few butterflies he: and there.” ![ .j' [I For the midnight yell practice, | Pat will wear a bright Kelly Green wool suit and black accw* sories. For the game, when ahe will be presented, ahe has chosen a gabardine suit of the new Continental green with brown; shoe*, bag and hat. To add to the excitement Pat U already feeling,: two repi’eaentar Uvea from radio station WRAP* TV in Dallua uumo to Shadow Lawn, her dormitory, and took pictures of her and her friend# foti the Tixua Newsreel Friday night] Thl# wne broadcast In Dallaa amj Fort Worth Bnturday j hlght at 7:35. • In closing Pat revealed that she was looking forward with more anticipation for thl# Corps Trip, her last one, than ever; before, thanks to “good luck and the Ag- , [ rM/fr Fort Worth dub To Meet Tonight Members of the Fort Worth A& M Club will elect officers at their meeting tonight at Y:15 In the once Hall Lecture Room. In ad- n, a report from the social irman concerning the Thaoko- _ dance will be presented. Tonight’* meeting was originally scheduled for Tuesday night but was postponed because of a con- iflict of meeting places. 1W l : -M H )> C yYi i •h v ■ •I. 1 w ■\. ii Number 70 • Ilk • Dewey Concedes To President Tru FFA dub Boosts Majorities Pile IJp in Ho WTOS®!' Of Farm Magazines ace ! More than 8150 in subscriptions to the Southern Agriculturist ma gazine have been sold by the Col legiate FFA Chapter, thus assur ing one boy’s all-expenses paid trip to tho National FFA Conven tion in Kansas City November 14. ; For each $100 in subscription# that is sold, one man's expense* • will be paid. With the race getting hotter each day, Emmett R. Chas tain, chapter secretary said to- day it, looks like tw<> men will ■ represent the A&M Collegiate F. F. A. Chapter. i Chastain said Robert Bagley and Jimes Cato are the two men who are topping the list pf subscriber* secured. Bagley has sold 88 sub scriptions, and Cato has accounted fcjr 70. j Returns ShowDemocrat’ Trend By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS L Harry S. Truman clung stubbornly to the narrowest presidential rape lead- in years today as triumphant Dem ocrats grabbed the sonatftjMid staked an almofli'certain claim on the house. if . ‘ L Republican Odv. Thomas E. Dewey struggled to keep ■b-'H u —-tabreMt of a H: Extension Service District Agents Meet This Week I i * ' ■ ’ 1 A Y J . . . 'r AH district agents in the state Extension Service will he on the campus today, Thursday and Fri day for their bi-monthly meeting, according to Joe Matthews, admin istrative assistant in the Extension Service. I i j The purpose of those meetings is to coordinate the Work' be tween district agents and admin istrative staff and extension #pec* ialists. Problems confronting dis trict agent# and the personnel they supervise in their districts will be. studied, ho said. Agents, from the 14 extension district# that cover the ptaUv will be present, Today separate men’# and women’s meeting# are in ses sion to discuss individual problem#. A general assembly will bo held The meeting opened ftt 9 this morning with J. D. Prewit, vice director of the state Extension Service, presiding. AH Degree Plan Due by Saturday AH seniors and juniors takipg animal husbandry who have. not made out a degree plan should report to the animal husbandry office between now and Satur day, Dr. J. C; Miller, head of the department, said today, Only those students whose names begin with the lettors L through /, are to report dui this period. Miller said. .UnmK tho loss of But With million ballots yet to be c result in the tig; contest since Wi over Charles 1916 seemed to. hin in tlvesc seven sUn California, Colo: tinotai' DR. JAMES B. SUMNER. Nobel i’rize winner in chemistry 1 in 1946, will speak to faculty mem ber# and graduate students 3. His subject will be‘^The Re* lationship of Enzyme# to Life.” 1946 Nobel Prize Winner to Speak Here November 3 James B. Summer,. Npbje vilmer in chenitlitoy in 1946 idress A&M faculty and tvH'P Dr. , , ‘ Prize winner in ehetat*| will address graduate students November 3. Dr. Sumner receiVoal bis grid* unto training at Harvard Univer sity and has studied ftf her of European luring - ir J a num- inrtitution#^: Ho spent 1921-22 at the University Of Brussels as a fellow of tho Belgian American Education Foundation. In 1937-38 he was at thq Univer sity of Stockholm and the Univer- University since 1929 ind at pre sent is director of tho*’.14boratory of enzyme chemistry. . Dr. Sumner is the abthor of more than 100 research Pipers and several textbooks. The subject of Dr, Sumner’s lecture at, A&M will , r :— :— - . . r r 1 ^ IT.-- gly unexpected toned to Rweep out of power vote tide that th W# party compje in Washington. Thl# amazing j Jresurgenpo 1 of Democratic strength already had toppled four Republican governors ^BULLETIN | NEW YORK,: Nov. 3 tW — Gov. Thomas E, Dewey today conceded the prjaidential'ekC' 0and Indiana,'tylth 41 vote#. . Elsewhere the president either had bounced to victory or held commanding leads fitto 23 states, With 217 electoral votes. They included Arizona, Arkan- sas, Florida, Georgiy, Idaho, town, Rontucky, Massachusetts, Minne sota,-Missouri, Montana, New Mexr ico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin r iind Wyoming. . u . 4 utatea with, a total of 173 deriforal votes. These were Connecticut, Kansas, Maryland, Maine, braska, New Harap sey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylva kota and Vermont. ’A* the returns pi "as, ichigan, Ne- liire, New Jer- torth Dakota, South Da- . ■■ . up, Dewey pored over them iin jm# #uite in u New York City hotel. James Hag. frtyi hi* press aiid fL #aid tho gov- ornoj* "1* still confident he will ^Tn :8an Francisco, Gov. Earl War. ren, Dewey's runuiaff mittf, aald after a telephone talk With tho New York gov*p»r they had agrejid^the altuatldh ia ineonelu. B ill ! ] /I 1 I ' Truman epenl the night in Eymiliior Hprlng*, mo„ than early today went to Ken#** City, -Leader*disagreed on the proh- able outcome If the prealdentl*! ' eleetion were thrown Into the Wonator J. Howard McGrath of Rhode leland, Democratic National chairman, said Mr. Truman would be certain of victory because the Democrat# would Control the hou*e, Ho apparently was counting, low- ■ etor, bn some backing from state* which gave their electoral vote# to Thurmond. [' , j. ^ • • • Warren contended I the Republi cans would have each *tatc casts Thurmond folk they w^uhl hold power, since the ’ date must have 25 tion. nT- ' Texas wont 11 "I because vote. argued Utat balance /of one Av •v ; :,i vfi ) j>2» 'exas wen! mMbC. efe than usual. tJLZl (See D its 23 as usual election, *1- loo* entplli* votes to a bitter' 4) , H 1 I ; L% I ; :-ir