NEWS
In Brief
BRITISH TO GET
TOUGH IN ISRAEL
LONDON, Jan. 13 —(£>)—For
eign Secretary Bevin apparently
won from the full British Cabinet
today approval for his get-tough
policy against Israel.
A high government source re
ported there would be no change in
British Middle East policies. He
said Bevin will give Parliament an
account of affairs there soon after
it convenes Tuesday.
Bevin gave the cabinet a report
on the Mid-East crisis, which the
foreign office calls a grave threat
to peace. The cabinet met for four
hours at 10 Downing Street. Prime
Minister Atlee’s residence.
The report included the reasons
behind the decisions to establish
RAF patrols along the Egyptian-
Palestine border. It was near there
that five RAF planes were shot
down by Israel last Friday. The
British foreign office and air min
istry have called the attacks “un
provoked.”
Israel filed a complaint against
Britain yesterday with the United
Nations at Lake Success, but Sec
retary General Trygve Lie under
stood to have urged the Israelis
not to press their charges. In its
letter to the UN Israel accused
Britain of violating the Palestine
frontier by sending over the Brit
ish planes.
The Battalion
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Volume 48
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, JANUARY 13,1949
Number 108
ENTIRE CORPUS FAMILY
INDICTED IN ROBBERY
GALVESTON, Jan. 13 —UP)—A
Federal Grand Jury here Tuesday
indicted five members of a Corpus
Christi family in connection with
the $9,000 robbery of the Corpus
Christi National Bank last Nov. 23.
Not involved in the indictments,
but held in the county jail at Cor
pus Christi. on a federal delinqu
ency charge, is a sixth member of
the family—14-year old Ramon
Rico.
The adult members of the fami
ly vrere indicted on two counts. One
charges them with taking more
than $100 from the bank. The oth
er charges them with receiving and
concealing and possessing more
than $100 belonging to the bank,
with the knowledge it had been
stolen.
Officers have accused Ramon of
entering the bank at noon Nov. 23,
taking $9,000 in one dollar bills in
a canvas bag which was in the
bank vault, putting the bag in a
card board box, and leaving with
it. The money was ready for ship
ment to a Federal Reserve Bank.
Indicted were Rosa Rico, Rosalio
Canavecholo Rico, Antonio Cana
Vecholo Rico, Theodore Ramirez,
Vasquez and Isabel Trevino.
Officers said that $3,500 of the
money still has not been recovered.
DEATH SENTENCE
GIVEN NORTHERN
DALLAS, Jan. 13 —<£>)— Dis
trict Judge Henry King Wednes
day pronounced formal death sen
tence for Buster Northern, 20-year
old youth whose murder case made
legal history in Texas dining the
past three years.
Judge King set the execution
for Feb. 15.
Northern was convicted last
January of fatally stomping an el
derly Dallas woman, Mrs. W. W.
McHenry, in March of 1946. He
was expected to receive the usual
30-day stay of execution.
First found guilty of murder in
May, 1946, Northern’s case was re
versed because the indictment fail
ed to specify that Mrs. McHenry
was stomped to death “with the
feet.” He was tried again last Jan.
TRUMAN FLIES TO
VISIT MARSHALL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 —(A 5 )—
President Truman flew to Pine-
hurst, N. C., yesterday to visit
ailing Secretary of State George
C. Marshall.
The president slipped out of
town on his trip without advance
announcement.
After he had left Washington,
the White House announced he left
in an Air Force Constellation
plane which took off from the
Army terminal here at 1:13 p. m.
He was accompanied by Brig.
Gen. Marshall Carter, long General-
al Marshall’s aide; presidential
press secretary Charles G. Ross
and Brig. Gen. Robert B. Landry,
Air Force aide.
Marshall is recuperating at Pine-
hurst from a kidney operation
which he had last month.
He has resigned from the cabi
net, effective Jan. 20 when Mr.
Truman will be inaugurated for
his new White House term.
WAGE BILL MOVING
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13
-(A 3 )—
A bill to give President Truman a
$25,000 raise and much more ex
pense money sped toward expected
Senate approval today.
The measure received a 10-1
okay late Tuesday in the Senate
Civil Service Committee.
WEATHER
East Texas —
Mostly cloudy
this afternoon,
tonight and Fri
day. Rising tem
peratures. Scat
tered light rain
except east por
tion. Gentle to
moderate mostly
north winds on
coast.
West Texas —
Mostly cloudy
this afternoon,
tonight and Friday. Slowly rising
temperatures. Rain Friday and
scattered light rain this afternoon
and tonight.
Annex freshmen get an opportunity to sharpen their shooting eyes.
1000 yard range.
They are now firing on the
Spring Semester Registration
Scheduled To Start January 31
Registration for the spring se
mester, 1949, will take place Jan
uary 31 for students now in school,
and February 1 for new students,
H. L. Heaton, registrar, announced
yesterday.
The schedule of classes will be
issued two or three days before
registration, Heaton said.
The Fiscal Department has an
nounced that all students may pay
their fees at Room 100, Goodwin
Hall, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Room reservations can be made at
the time fees are paid.
Students who do not pay their
fees at Goodwin Tuesday or
Wednesday may pay them; at the
Fiscal Office in the Administra
tion Building before registration.
Travis Bryan Hits
At Gilchrist Plan
Tempers flared at Wednesday’s meeting of the Bryan
Rotary Club, as Rotarian Howard W. Barlow, dean of engi
neering, presented a panel discussion on community airports.
Information concerning the facilities offered by the
various air fields in and around the College Station-Bryan
area was presented. Requirements'^—— ——
for a good community airport were M/opm I !rk|jr| I Aypr
Eases Cold’s Grip
On West Texas
By The Associated Press
West Texas points felt above
freezing temperatures this morning
for the first time this week as a
warm blanket of clouds thawed the
ice sheet and loosened its paralyz
ing grip on highway transportation
and communications.
A check by the highway patrol
state radio in Dallas at 4 a.m.
showed all roads were open, said
J. T. Ellison, operator.
“All roads are clear,” he report
ed. “It has thawed on the plains.
There is still spotty ice on West
Texas highways, but travel is pos
sible. We advise motorists to pro
ceed with caution until the remain
ing ice disappears.”
Childress had a reading of 32
degrees at 7:30 a.m. It was also
cloudy and foggy. Morning condi
tions include: Amarillo, 34, cloudy
and foggy; Clarendon, 35, cloudy;
El Paso, 46; Abilene, 33, cloudy
and foggy; Big Spring, 33, cloudy
and foggy; Lubbock, 34, cloudy
and foggy; Pampa, fog cut visi
bility to 150 yards, 35, roads
slushy.
discussed.
Statistics covering air passen
ger and cargo traffic, air mail
volume, railroad travel and bus
travel were presented.
Coulter Hoppess, Bryan attor
ney; Claude Edge,, Lilly Ice Cream
Company, and W. F. Davis, Bryan
representative of the Humble Oil
Co., all Bryan business men, ex
plained their interest in adequate
community airport facilities as
Bryan business men.
Dean Barlow, who served as
chairman of the panel, read a let
ter from Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist
of the A&M System, to the May
ors of Bryan and College Station
inviting them to join in making
Easterwood Field a community air
port.
Gilchrist’s letter pointed out
that Easterwood Field was much
closer to the center of population
of the two communities than the
field (Bryan Army Air Field) now
being used for airline service.
When the panel completed its
discussion, Travis Bryan, who
was present as a guest, bitterly
assailed the proposal to make
Easterwood Field a community
air port for Bryan and College
Station. He questioned the fig
ures presented by the panel and
wanted them audited before they
became official.
He did not explain to the group
just how Bryan Army Air Field
(which now serves as terminal for
Pioneer Air Lines) could serve as
a community airport if the field
should be reactivated by the Air
Force. (Bryan has been a leader
in the movement to have the Air
Force reactivate Bryan Field.)
Other members participating on
the panel included E. K. Leighton,
A&M Airport Engineer; W. T.
Brown, Airport Management Con
sultant of the Civil Aeronautics
Administration 4th Region; E. E.
Brush, head of the A&M Aero
nautical Engineering Department,
and Fred Schnitzer, CAA District
Airport Engineer.
—
Geneticist Starts
Egg Yolk Research
An investigation to determine
whether the factors influencing the
cholesterol content of egg yolk are
hereditary or envii’onmental is be
ing conducted by Wade Smith of
the Genetics Department.
Cholesterol is a fat soluble, cry-
staline alcohol which may cause
arteriosclerosis, a disease charac
terized by hardening of the arter
ies, when an excess occurs in the
human diet.
Smith is testing the cholesterol
content of eggs from different
breeds of chickens. The purpose of
the research is to develop a strain
of chickens producing eggs of low
cholesterol content, he said.
Total fees for veteran students
are $55.50, and if paid by install
ments, the first installment is
$9.70, due at registration.
Corp members will pay $240.90.
If paid in installments $75.10 will
be paid at,the time of registration.
Registration for rooms will be
gin at 8 a. m. Tuesday and con
tinue until noon Saturday, January
22, for men who wish to reserve
the rooms they now occupy, Harry
Boyer, chief of housing, announced.
Students who wish to reserve
rooms other than those they now
occupy may do so between 8 a. m.
January 24, and 5 p. m. January
26. Written permission from the
student’s housemaster or organi
zation commander must be pre
sented in order to change rooms.
Beginning Thursday, January 27,
all remaining rooms will be avail
able on a first come, first serve
basis, Boyer said.
Day students can save consid
erable time at registration if
they pay their fees early and
get their receipts stamped by
the Housing' Office, Boyer said.
Representatives of the Athletic
Department will be in Room 100 of
Goodwin from January 18-26 to
issue coupon books to students who
have paid their fees. v
Ag Workers Will
Meet January 31
The 46th Annual Convention of
the Association of Southern Agri
cultural Workers will be held at
Baton Rouge, Louisiana from Jan
uary 31 through February 2, Dr.
J. H. Quisenberry, head of the
Poultry Husbandry Department has
announced.
Quisenberry and Professor Ross
M. Sherwood of the Poultry Hus
bandry Department and W. J.
Moore of the Poultry Extension
Service will represent A&M at the
convention.
Quisenberry is chairman of the
Poultry Section and Sherwood is
program chairman for February 2.
Quisenberry will present a paper
on The Use of Certain Synthetic
Hormone Substances in Poultry
Production. Sherwood’s subject is
Value of Sorghum Gluten Meal in
All-Mash Broiler Rations and
Moore will review a Progress Re
port on the Texas Farm and Home
Egg Laying Contest.
Great Issues Class Will Hear
Churchill, Roosevelt, Gossett
Broadhurst Scheduled to Appear First; Other
Speakers Include O’Brien, Treves, Eisenhower
Club Officers
To Hold Third
Meeting Here
The third annual A&M
Club Officers meeting will be
held here Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday, according to J.
B. Hervey, executive secretary
of the Former Students Asso
ciation.
The annual “T” banquet is plan
ned for Friday night and will hon
or the 1948 varsity and frosh foot
ball teams and the cross-country
team. At this time letters awards
and “T” medals will be awarded
for all sports. Kern Tips has been
invited to make the principal ad
dress.
For Saturday, the Athletic De
partment is making their entire
film library available for the
showing of whatever football films
the guests may request, Hervey
said. Saturday evening beginning
at 7 the business of the meeting
will be completed with a general
discussion on matters of interest
to the group.
Sunday morning the club of
ficers will be guests of the As
sociation of Former Students at
a breakfast at Sbisa Hall.
About one hundred officers and
ex-officers are expected for the
meeting, Hervey said.
Dormitory accomodations for the
exes have been arranged.
18 Agricultural
Students to Judge
FFA in La Grange
Eighteen Agricultural Education
majors will go to La Grange Sat
urday to judge the Area III FFA
leadership contests, E. R. Alex
ander, head of the Ag Ed Depart
ment, announced yesterday.
Judging these contests will give
tthe future teachers of vocational
agriculture an idea of FFA activi
ties and of what can be expected of
a group of high school vocational
agriculture students, O. M. Holt,
Area III supervisor, said.
The La Grange will consist of a
junior and senior division in a
chapter conducting contest, an FF-
A quiz, and a farm demonstration
contest.
A public speaking contest, open
to the members of both the junior
and senior division, will be held.
The winner of the public speaking
contest will participate in the
state contest held at Houston in
March, Holt said.
Dallas Firm Holds
Terracing Project
A terracing demonstration was
sponsored this week on the Na
tional Guard property in east Bry
an by the Stewart Company of
Dallas.
The demonstration, which was
attended by Agricultural Engi
neering majors and Agronomy 301
classes started Monday and con
tinued through Wednesday.
Representatives of the Stewart
Company, which is the Texas dis
tributor of Ford Tractors, conduc
ted the demonstration.
Randolph Churchill, Kermit Roosevelt, and Ed Gossett have been scheduled as speakers
for Great Issues Course, according to Dr. S. R. Gammon, head of the History Department.
James C. O’Brien, William L. Broadhurst, Dr. Paolo Treves, and Milton S. Eisenhower
have also been scheduled for this two hour course which will be given next semester. John
Suman and John Q. Adams are being contacted concerning a possible appearance here, Dr.
' Gammon
V
Monroe To Appear
Here February 12
By PAUL BERRY
Vaughn Monroe will appear here February 12 with his
Camel Caravan broadcast and concert in Guion Hall. The
broadcast will begin at 6:30 p. m-, and doors to Guion will be
closed at 6:15 in order that the broadcast can begin promptly
without interruptions. A regular concert will follow the
■^broadcast.
Non-military students will have
priority on the tickets to the con
cert and broadcast by a two-day
margin, since the dance follow
ing the concert will be for mili
tary students only.
After the concert at Guion, Mon
roe and Orchestra will move to
Sbisa Hall to play for the Mili
tary Ball which will begin at &
p. m. According to the Military
Ball Committee, tickets to the
dance can only be purchased by
students taking military science at
that time. This action was taken to
avoid overcrowded conditions.
Featured with Vaughn Monroe
and his Orchestra will be the
Moon Maids, a quartette of girl
singers who began their vocal
career at North Texas State
Teachers College.
Also on the Monroe Show will
be Ziggy Talent, novelty singer
with a freak voice; Jay Lawrence,
comedian; Johnny Mack, tap dan-
Dick Hayman, harmonica vir-
News Coverage To
Be Measured By
Efficiency Form
By BUDDY LUCE
Fewer nagging reporters and
more accurate news coverage may
be the results forthcoming in The
Battalion’s latest attempt to be
come a more efficient student pub
lication.
This new menace to a free-press
reporter’s “spare time” comes in
the shape of a mimeographed ques
tion and answer game which is to
be sent to personalities ih the
news to find out if the local yokels
are being put in the proper spot
light.
The form, which is spot-mailed
to readers who are concerned with
a particular news story, has a
space for a clipping and asks perti
nent questions about the story
such as “Are the facts in this
story correct?” “Are names and
addresses correct?” “Is the head
line correct?” “Do you have any
comments about the work of re
porters who come to you for news ?
and asks for suggestions as to how
the newspaper could be improved
to better serve the needs of its
readers.
This method will be used to
check The Battalion’s efficiency in
its daily fight to be “the fustest
with the mostest.”
A meaningful follow-up on the
gripe sheet printed recently in The
Battalion, this form provides an
inside track type of relationship
between the printed article, the
person concerned and the reporter
responsible for the copy.
After receiving and filling out
the mimeographed form, the tar
gets of the public eye are ad
vised to drop their envelope con
taining the information into the
Faculty Exchange Post Office,
where no postage is necessary
for this type of communication.
The returns from the investiga
tion into the news-finding effici
ency of the Battalion staff report
ers will be weighed and tabulated
by the editors. The two-fold pur
pose of satisfying readers and com
pletely covering the news is in
keeping with the 1949 resolutions
for a bigger and better put-togeth
er of newsprint.
Master Plan For Development
Of City And College Outlined
A master plan to govern the fu
ture development of A&M and the
College Station Community was
outlined Tuesday/by S. R. Wright,
chairman of the city planning com
mittee, at the first meeting of the
new year of the College Station
Development Association and the
Chamber of Commerce.
Wright said that he and his city
planning committee members would
meet Friday with Oscar Koch of
the firm of Koch and Fowler, Dal
las, city planners, to tentatively
survey the possibilities and the
costs of such a plan.
Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist indi
cated that the College would join
heartily in the plan. He pointed to
the moving of certain departments
of the School of Agriculture to
lands across the railroad tracks as
evidence of the College already
having in some degree considered
the formulation of such a master
plan.
In this connection, Chancellor
Gilchrist mentioned tentative fu
ture plans for solving the hazard
ous railroad traffic crossings by
building at least two underpasses,
one on the Sulphur Springs Road
at the Boyett Filling Station com
er and one near the present rail
road signal tower. He also stated
that these plans called for a single
railroad track through the campus
if this could be worked out with
the railroad companies.
The Development Association
and Chamber of Commerce also
heard reports of a tentative desig
nation by the State Highway De
partment of a road to ran from
College Station east to Shiro and
on into Huntsville. However, it
was made plain that construction
of this road was not in the immed
iate plans of the State Highway
Department.
Membership Drive Planned
H. E. Burgess, chairman of the
membership campaign, announced
tSat R. L. Hunt would have charge
of the college staff membership
drive. Burgess and other members
of his committee will' conduct the
drive for members among the
business and professional men of
the city.
Sid Loveless, chairman of the
business committee, anno u n c e d
that his committee would under
take as one of its main projects
for this year the solution of the
North Gate parking problem.
Mrs. O. K. Smith, chairman of
the education committee, suggest
ed that if the youth of College
Station are to enjoy the greatest
use of the Luke Patranella Me
morial Slab, plans for lighting the
slab for use at night should be
made immediately.
Health Program Planned
A thorough plan to insure the
good health of the College Station
community was outlined by George
Potter, chairman of the public
health committee. Potter’s plans
call for more sanitary handling of
garbage, vaccination of all dogs
for rabies, and spraying in the
early spring and summer to keep
down the fly and mosquito menace.
C. G. White, chairman of the
recreation committee, outlined an
ambitious program for community
recreation. White suggested study
of a plan for setting up other me
morial projects such as the Luke
Patranella Memorial slab.
Several committee chairman on
ly recently appointed made brief
temporary reports and indicated
that they would be ready to pre
sent complete reports, plans for
committee work, and requests for
a working budget at the next
meeting.
Officers of the College Station
Development A s s o c i ation and
Chamber of Commerce for the new
year are C. N. Shepardson, presi
dent; Ray Oden, vice president; J.
H. Sorrels, secretary; and Harold
Sullivan, treasurer.
cer;
tuoso; Cece Blake, female vocalist
and Monroe himself adding more
zest to the show.
Arrangements for the Military
Ball are being made by Committee
men Chester Bell, Aubrey Sprawls,
Robert Storrie, Harold H. Brunk-
horst, James P. Jacobs, Paul Berry
Phil Sheets, and Helmut Quiram.
Heading the arrangements for the
dance is John Orr, Corps executive
officer.
Several honor guests will be
present including Governor and
Mrs. Beauford Jester.
Decorations in the military fash
ion will be furnished to give Sbisa
Hall the right atmosphere. The
decorations will be brought here
from Army posts all over the
state, Orr said.
said.
Broadhurst is the first speaker
on the schedule. Other than Dr.
Treves, all speakers will appear at
8 in the evening.
Broadhurst of the Ground Water
Division for the US Geological
Survey will speak on “The ground
water problem in the Southwest.”
He is scheduled for February 23.
On the following Monday, Feb
ruary 28, Churchill, son of Win
ston Churchill, will discuss “Eu
rope Today.” A former member
of Parliament, Churchill was a
member of the British Comman
dos during the War.
Dr. Treves will discuss “Italy’s
Foreign Policy since Liberation,”
March 3. A member of the Italy
Chamber of Deputies, he is being
sponsored by the Institute of In
ternational Education. He will
speak at 11 a. m.
Roosevelt, formerly with the US
Army in the Middle East, is sche
duled to speak on “The Near East.”
In addition to being a writer, he is
well known as a speaker. He is a
grandson of President Theodore
Roosevelt. Roosevelt is scheduled
to appear in Guion Hall, March 9.
One of the outstanding speak
ers is Gossett, Dr. Gammon poin
ted out. Gossett is a member of
the Judiciary Committee of the
US House of Representatives
from the Thirteenth District of
Texas. He will speak on “The.
Need and Proposal for Changing
our System of Electing Presi
dent.” He will speak in Guion
Hall, March 9.
A. director of the Manpower Di
vision of the National Resources
Board, O’Brien is scheduled to ap
pear here April 6. He will speak
on the subject, “Manpower Prob
lems Involved in a National Se
curity Program.”
Coming from Kansas State Col
lege, of Agriculture and Applied
Sciences, President Eisenhower
will speak on “The Progress of
UNESCO.” Eisenhower serves as
chairman of the US National Com
mission of UNESCO. He speaks
April 25.
Huse, a director of Overseas
Information, Economic Cooper
ation Administration, appears
here May 11. His subject is
“Progress of European Recovery:
A First-Hand Report.”
The course, known as Adminis
tration 405, is open to all seniors
with 90 credit hours as an elective.
Newly Equipped and Furnished
Music Room Opens Next Week
The music room of the Cushing Memorial Library will
be reopened next week after complete re-equipping and re
furnishing.
Opening date will probably be Monday or Tuesday, ac
cording to Paul S. Ballance, acting librarian. The room
will be open in the afternoon and4
evening and on week-ends, Bal
lance said. The exact hour sche
dule will be posted in the library.
New reproduction equipment has
been purchased and will be oper
ated by an attendant. The equip
ment was assembled according to
specifications drawn up by H. C.
Dillingham, professor of the Elec
trical Engineering Department. At
present ready to play regular rec
ords, it can be adapted to the new
“long play” type of records re
cently put into commercial produc
tion.
Chromium-and-plastic furniture
and chromium lamps have been
purchased to give the music
room a home like atmosphere.
The supply of record albums has
been approximately doubled to al
most 200 since the music room was
previously operated. R e ference
books on music now number ap
proximately 300 and are kept on
shelves in the music room.
The reproduction apparatus
and shelves which can hold 500
albums are in one corner of the
music room.
The new equipment for the room
has been purchased under an allot
ment from the Exchange Store
Fund. The music room was ori
ginally set up under a grant from
the Carnegie Corporation.
LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS
UNTIL NEXT MONDAY
AUSTIN, Jan. 13 —UP)— Both
the Senate and House adjourned
yesterday until Monday.
The Senate adjourned at 1:15 p.
m. The House held a 17-minute
session after lunch yesterday and
adjourned at 2:20 p. m.
3 A&M Graduates
Will Enter Army
Three January graduates will en
ter the Regular Army upon reach
ing the age of 21, according to Lt.
Col. William McElhenney, execu
tive officer of the Military De
partment.
John P. McConnell, Henry A.
Pate Jr., and Billy Z. Strange will
complete their ROTC training in
January and will be eligible for the
Regular Army as soon as the age
requirements are met.
McConnell, a Marketing and Fin
ance major is from Atlanta, Texas.
Pate, from San Antonio, is major
ing in Liberal Arts. Strange is ma
joring in Petroleum Engineering
and is from Electra.
Photo Rescheduled
For Honor Society
The Scholarship Honor Society
will have its yearbook picture re
taken at 5:30 p. m. Tuesday, on
the steps of the Chemistry Build
ing, Jim McCulley, president of
the club, announced yesterday.
McCulley, asked that all mem
bers of the club be present in or
der that the picture will not have
to be postponed.
SECOND SLAYING
IN TWO DAYS
OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 13 —
(A>)—Postal Inspector E. M. Hark
ins was slain yesterday in the lob
by of the main post office.