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WSPICTURES mm. % f. .: : ^ ^ ■■■'■'" . ' : i- ::: ':;: i „ . </( 'H GANDHI CREMATED—Souvenir hunter scoops ashes from pyre. ""Sfr' i PALESTINE HATE—Arab (center background) pumps revolver bullets into body of Jewish driver as it lies beside his blazing truck. '"3. r ; k- v TROUBLE IN WALL STREET—Stock Exchange pickets block door. P A ' a ■ ? ; TRUMAN waves to crowds around his Kansas City hotel just after Dewey conceded defeat. ■ >•••! RUSSIAN SCHOOLTEACHER leaps to freedom from window of Soviet consulate in New York. BABE RUTH makes his last ap pearance as No. 3, June 13, two months before death. DISPUTED PLAY - Boudreau || tags Phil Masi in first World || game. Masi was safe. 11 V- mm m Texas Legislators Scramble for Top Jobs in ’49 By DAVE CHEAVENS AUSTIN, Tex., Jan. 4 <A>)—The scramble for top jobs in. the 51st Legislature has reached a furious pace with the session opening only a few days from now. These fall into two classifica tions: elective or appointive spots of leadership for members them selves; elective functionaries who 1 are not legislators but who handle the mechanics of the session. Typical of the first group are the House speakership and the presidency pro tem of the Sen ate; of the second, sergeant-at- arms of the House and secretary of the Senate. The hottest undecided question at this writing is the House speak ership. Rep.' Durwood Manford of Smi- .Jjgy and Rep. Joe Kilgore of Mc Allen both want it. The apparent edge is now Manford’s, but Kilgore is conceding nothing. Contingent on who wins are all the choice committee chairmanships and as signments, and the speaker also has great influence in the naming of House functionaries. State senators are up in the air on the presidency pro tem. This job carries more honor than work. The president pro tem presides in the absence of the lieutenant gov ernor, and he becomes acting gov ernor in the absence from the state of both the governor and the lieu tenant governor. Prominently mentioned for the post are senators Rogers Kelley of Edinburg, Grady Hazlewood of Amarillo, Grover C. Morris of Greenville and Kyle Vick of Waco. Senator T. C. Chadick of Quit- Truman to Speak to Congress On U. S. ■ Soviet Relations By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (A>) — President Truman is expected to tell Congress Wednesday that the United States is winning the first stage of the struggle with Russia. To that he is expected to add that a long and costly campaign of counter-action still lies ahead. Despite Communist victories in China, the President’s top foreign policy advisers regal’d 1948 as a year of great gains in unifying the western anti-Communist nations and building up their economic and military power. But they are equal ly convinced that only continued development along these lines can make the gains permanent. Hence the plans for military support of western Europe. Russia’s counter-moves during the past year have taken the form of the Berlin blockade, in creased Communist pressure in Asia and a speedup in efforts to complete the communization of the Soviet’s own eastern Eu ropean satellite countries. But American experts do not be lieve the Soviet reaction t o strengthening of the West will stop there. There is considerable speculation here that the Soviets may launch a new peace offensive in the New Year to try to disarm the West, quiet the continued war fears of Western European lead ers and thereby weaken the newly found Western unity. A false show of friendship, in the view of many state depart- State Officials Formally Inducted AUSTIN, Tex., Jan. 4 <#>—All that swearing around the State capitol today was in, not at. Numerous newly-elected or re elected officials were formally in ducted. They included: Four members of the State Su preme Court: Chief Justice J. E. Hickman, Associate Justices W. St. John Garwood, Few Brewster and Jim Hart. Land Commissioner Bascom Giles. The oath of office was ad ministered by.Justice Hickman. Railroad Commissioner Ernest 0. Thompson, in a State Supreme Court ceremonial with Associate Justice John N. Sharp administer ing the oath. Giles hinted that this may be his j last term as land commissioner. | ment officials seems to be the most dangerous potential weap on in the Soviet arsenal. If the Soviets employed it effectively to try to break down the new Western grouping of nations, it might wreck many of the gains of the past year. The past 12 months have brought a partial disappearance of “neu tral” nations in the most critical areas of the cold war. This was caused partly by Communist ac tions in Eastern Europe, partly by increasing evidence that the United States is in Western Eu rope to stay until real peace is established. A-M Bull Qualified As Tested Sire By Jersey Cattle Club The American Jersey Cattle Club from its headquarters in Colum bus has announced the qualifica tion of A&M’s registered Jersey bull, Star Fairy Experimenter 417579. The bull was qualified as a test ed sire whose daughters average more than two times the butterfat production of the average dairy cow in the United States. The bull’s ten tested daughters produced an average of 8,126 pounds milk, test ing 5.38 per cent butterfat and averaging 437 pounds fat each. All records made were under official supervision of A&M and the Amer ican Jersey Cattle Club, and the production is computed on a 305 day twice daily milking mature basis. The animal was classified with a rating of Very Good, equivalent to a score of 85.00 per cent or bet ter when compared to the breed’s type score card allotting 100 points to a perfect animal. High School Plans Will Be Discussed A general discussion of prelimi nary plans for the proposed $90,000 A&M Consolidated High School will be held at 7 p. m. Tuesday in Consolidated’s music room, A. M, Whitis, school superintendent, has announced. Whitis said that R. G. Schneider of Houston, architect of the build- He has been mentioned frequently j ing, would be present, as a candidate for governor in ! The school board and school ad- 1950. He was first elected land | ministration have mads details of commissioner in 1933. I the building. man, who was named to the job- 1 by the last senate, did not run for re-election. The No. 1 full-time employe of the senate is the secretary, whol might better be described as chief clerk. It is generally conceded that Garland (Chink) Smith, a long time close political advisor to Lieut. Gbv. Allan Shivers, can have it if he wants it. Former state sena tor Claude Isbell was secretary of the senate last session, but he re signed to become secretary of the board of regent of the state teach ers colleges. Competition is stiff for ser geant-at-arms on the House side of the capitol. Ernest Boyett, who has been a fixture as sergeant-at-arms in re cent years, is stepping out. He was executive secretary for Gov. Coke Stevenson and one of Stevenson’s closest friends and advisors. At least two former house mem bers and some others would like to succeed him. They include for mer representatives Woodrow Bean of El Paso and Isom P. (Bill) Hy- drick of Marshall; Bob Murphy, a nephew by marriage of Steven son and former assistant to Boy ett; and Jim Pace, veteran house employe. Reports are that several persons have their eye on the chief clerk ship of the House. These include Clarence Jones, who served the 50th Legislature; Roger Q. Evans of Denison and Lesta Shackleford of Livingstone, both former House members. Although there will be 11 sen ators serving for their first time in that 31-member body, there was not as much turnover among top leaders as there was in the House. There will be 59 new House mem bers among its membership of 150. Not returning because he did not choose to run again is Claude Gilmer of Rock Springs, chairman of the appropriations committee last session, advocate of economy in government and opponent of new taxes. Ottis E. Lock of Lufkin, House member who specialized in high way and road affairs, moved up to the senate. Bean, who carried the ball last session for advocates of addition al taxation on natural resources, lost out in his race for Congress and House liberals will have to find a new leader. Harley Sadler, Sweetwater showman and one of the most persistent House voices for re districting, was defeated in a race for the state senate. There will be only one woman House member this session as com pared with three in the 50th Legis lature. She is Mrs. Rae Files Still of Waxahachie, banner-carrier for the schoolteachers. Mrs. Neveille H. Colson of Nav- asota, promoted to the state Sen ate from the House, will be the on ly woman senator. ‘Meet the Public’ to Be Motto Of Hollywood Stars in 1949 By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 4 </P)—Look out, citizens, movie stars are com ing your way. The New Year will find more and more Hollywood personalities going out to meet the public. It’s a factor that will help improve the film industry’s public relations, but there’s an important commer cial matter, too. One film figure told me it will add $300,000 to $400,000 to a picture’s gross if the star will help call attention to it with a national tour. A recent event proved how im portant this is. Samuel Goldwyn fired Teresa Wright when she re fused to make a New York appear ance with his latest film. Gregory Peck is not in the acad emy running for the first time in three years. He didn’t have a pic ture released in 1948. “It’s prob ably just as well,” he said. “I’m not ready to take an Olivier—yet!” Robert Young still plans to do “The World and Little Willie” for his own company, Cavalier. The film was called off when Eagle- Lion Studios shut down for a spell. The picture will also star June Lockhart, the poor gal who was' rushed back from her Broadway triumph—to remain idle for a year. She still hasn’t been given a pic ture. June Haver appears to have made up her mind to marry Dr. John Duzik. She’s from Rock Is- Appliance Store To Open at Gate The Aggie Radio and Appliance Company will open in the new Boyett Building at the North Gate by January 15, according to Char les Hart, manager. The new business, a subsidiary of United Appliances in Bryan, will handle Westinghouse appliances primarily, Hart said. Partitions are going in at present for a spe cial room to demonstrate house laundry' equipment, separate radio show room, and a special record department which Hart says will be the most complete set-up of its kind between Dallas and Houston. Manager Hart has been with United Appliances since November 20. Prior to that time he was with Bryan Building Products as a salesman. THIRTEEN MEN BURNED IN McKEE PLANT EXPLOSION DUMAS, Tex., Jan. 3 (^—Thir teen men were burned yesterday, none seriously, in a fire which fol lowed the second of two explosions in a compressor building at the Shamrock Oil and Gas Corpora tion’s McKee plant refinery. Moore county hospital attendants heer did not describe the injuries as serious. A minor explosion occurred in the corrigated iron structure at 10:55 a.m. when there were only a few men in the building. A num ber of men rushed into the build-1 ing president. ing and were caught in the flaring fire which followed the second ex- Analysis shows that there is no plosion five minutes later. Some great difference in the nutriment men outside the plant were-burn-j content of light-shelled or dark-1 ei l shelled eggs. Dillingham Named Head of Engineers H. C. Dillingham has been elec ted president of the Brazos Chap ter, Texas Society of Professional Engineers for 1949. R.-R. Newton was elected vice president; J. G. McGuire, secretary-treasurer; and S. A. Lynch, C. B. Thames, W. E. Street, A. G. Nixon and E. E. Frazier were elected directors. H. R. Brayton, director of the A&M Firemen’s Training School, was presented as guest speaker and discussed the characteristics of bu tane and propane gases, together with methods of combatting haz ards presented by those products. M. C. Hughes of the Electrical Engineering Department is retir- land, 111., and he hails from Rock Springs, Wyo. So their friends are jesting that the two rocks will get married and raise lots of pebbles. June has to play the piano in “Oh You Beautiful Doll,” but she’s no newcomer to the ivories. She claims to have played with the Cincinnati Symphony at seven, after winning a newspaper contest, ing Tuesday. NTAC to Submit Bids On Building Low bids totaling $249,402 on contracts for a new NTAC dormi tory will be submitted with recom mendations January 8 to the Texas A&M College System directors, E. H. Hereford, NTAC president, sta ted Friday. Low bid on the general contract for the 231 student building was $189,730 by John W. Padgett of Fort Worth. Other low bids were: Modem Plumbing & Heating Com pany of Brady, $32,208 for plumb ing; Harris & Beeman of Fort Worth, $17,835 for heating; and Harmon Electric Company of Dal las, $8,269 for electrical work. Fifteen proposals were submit ted by contractors for the bid-open- Page 4 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 19< ’ Rehabilitation Program Needer. In Prison System Ellis Says By MAC ROY RASOR AUSTIN, Tex., Jan. 4 (A 5 )—The prison system faces i impossible task unless the 51st Legislature approves the million dollar rehabilitation program, prison board membe were told today. General Manager O. B. Ellis in his first annual repo —Ho the board here termed rehab tation as “the biggest and touf est job in Texas.” He said the year’s most sei sational event was the beheac, ing of an inmate by a fello convict. “This incident made hqadlii all over the country, yeOTt is i important unless it emphasizes U need of better physical facilities house this tougher, rougher, j salvageable portion of our popu tion,” Ellis told the board. In the face of needs for a co plete overhauling, there has be some improvement during the ye Ellis said. He cited statistics she ing prison offenses were cut fr 1,148 in 147 to 761 in 1948. 1 capes dropped from 126 to self-mutiliations from 129 to use of drugs from 51 to 8. * Ellis also reported there wj improved morals among convic and predicted that the apprqpi ation could provide “better da.v ahead.” “The same fundamentals tl made the Texas prison system t on Jan. 1, 1948 still exist and v exist until there is money to w< with,” Ellis reported to the boa Among the essental needs he ported were: 1. More competent help a better salaries and living condith for employees. 2. Improved food through b ter-trained personnel and bet equipment. «. 3. Isolation cells for trou makers. 4. Laundries and bath house Industrial equipment. Farm machinery. Livestock for breeding p A&M Lists Three Entries in For Worth Exposition A&M has entered three Aber- deen-Angus and three Herefords in the fat steers, open class, at the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show, to be held in Fort Worth January 28 through Feb- ruary 6. Visitors to A&M’s exhibits will find a number of “firsts” at the 1949 Exposition, including a new department for Brahman cattle, Guernseys x’eplacing Holsteins in the dairy cattle department, re sumption of poultry, turkey and rabbit exhibits, a new Shetland Pony division in the horse show, a grass' judging contest for FFA and 4-H club members—first of its kind in the Southwest—and a spe cial rodeo on FFA and 4-H Club Day, January 29, for the young- farmers. Verne Elliott will present a ro deo twice daily in Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum. Some 300 cow boys, including top figures in the nation, will compete for $50,000 in prizes. Horse Show events and spe cialty acts round out the rodeo program. In adjoining Will Rogers Me morial Auditorium, Olsen and Johnson of “Hellzapoppin” fame will appear in person in a brand- new, laugh-packed comedy show, “Laffacade of 1949,” every night during the ten-day show and at five matinees. Since the 1948 Exposition, im provements have been made to the Stock Show plant, including street and sidewalk paving and covering of the carlot pens with metal roof ing. EINSTEIN REPORTED BETTER NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (A>)—Prof. Albert Enstein was reported in good condition yesterday at Jew ish Hospital of Brooklyn. The 69-year-old scientist under went an abdominal operation last Friday. 5. 6. 7. poses. 8. Segregation of the insan v Louisiana VA Sets Bonus Requisites The Louisiana Department Veteran’s Affaire has annouir that every person who applies the Louisiana veteran’s bonus m have an actual size photostatic certified copy of his discharge c tificate, the Waco VA office • nounced today. f The Newly Decorated ROY CLARK’S DRIVE-IN Formerly Bronco Inn NOW OPEN SUNDAY THRU THURSDAY 8:30 A. M. to 12:00 P. M. FRIDAY THRU SATURDAY 8:30 A.M. to 2:00 A.M. Closed Wednesdays CURB SERVICE BEGINNING AT 4 P. M. ALL AGGIES WELCOME PLATE LUNCHES DAILY ED Soon to Feature FRESH FISH PLATTERS SPECIAL SALADS Highway 6 and Coulter Drive CLARK'S Phone 2-1606 ROY CLARK ’44 — Managers — ED CLARK ’43
