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NEWS In Brief VENGEANCE KILLER NOW, BACK IN OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 23 — —Roy Frank Godbey, 52, Okla homa’s vengeance killer, was re turned to Oklahoma City last night and booked in the county jail on the charge of murder. It was just 11 days after he carried out a 17-year old promise to kill Earl Pruet—the County At torney who sent him up for rob bery on what Godbey called a “bum rap.” Godbey arrived here in custody of Sheriff Newt Burns of Okla homa County and three deputies, who conlpleted a long and tire some drive from El Paso, Texas, where Godbey was caught Wednes day. Godbey will be arraigned Monday morning before Justice of the Peace Howard Boyer. In El Paso, Godbey told local police, the FBI, and the press how he promised to kill Pruet in 1932 and carried out the vow 17 years later after serving half of his 35- year sentence in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. TAX GROUP ENDORSES LOUISIANA OIL FIGHT BATON ROUGE, La., Jan.'23 — (jp)—Louisiana’s fight against fed eral ownership of oil-rich coastal tidelands has won the endorsement of the State Tax Assessors Asso ciation. The group put its stamp of ap proval on the fight Friday and in structed its president to appoint a committee to draft a resolution along that line. The resolution would commend state officials and members of Louisiana’s congres sional delegation who oppose the Federal ownership. BOGUS BILLS NOW FLOODING TEXAS DALLAS, Jan. 24 —<A>)_ Chi cago counterfeiters are passing bo gus $10 and $20 bills in the larger Texas cities in what appears to be a “bread and butter” operation, Secret Service Agent William Bradshaw said in Dallas today. Twenty-five bills have been pick ed up in Dallas since Christmas, five of them within the past week, eaid Agent Forrest V. Sorrels. Bradshaw said “two or three bills a week” have been turning up in San Antonio and Houston. Some of the bills have also been found in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, said Bradshaw. Bradshaw said the face plate and check numbers—which appear on the lower rig!ht corner of the face side of a bill—used on the counterfeits run in three series. They are “G,” the check number, and “110,” the face plate; “L-108” and “1-110”, CHIANG ARRIVES AT ANCESTRAL HOME NANKING, Jan. 24 —0® Presi dent Chiang Kai-Shek handed his duties over to Vice President Li Tsung-Jen today and flew to hia Ancestral home at Fenghwa, where he may pass into political oblivion. Li, accepting the acting presiden cy whose armies have steadily de feated Chiang since last fall and now threaten to conquer all China. Chiang’s arrival at Fengwa, 210 miles southeast of this Red-menac ed capital, was reported by Chiang himself in a telehone call to Cabi net Minister Chang Chun. Chang Chun said the Generalis simo telephoned in response to in quiries of officials who were seek ing the meaning of ambiguous phrases in a farewell statement that the Generalissimo left behind. Officially, Chiang, who had threatened to quit many times in his stormy career of more than a score of years as government chief, did not resign or retire. He just flew away. Behind, he left a statement say ing he acted “to lessen the hard ships of my people,” an informed source said. TUNNEL SECTION OFF TODAY PASCAGOULA, Miss., Jan. 24— (JP)—Launching of the sway-back section of Houston’s underwater vehicular tunnel is scheduled fox- today. The curved 375-foot long steel tube will be the second of four sections to slide down the ways at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. yard. This second section, which will serve as the deep part of the tun nel, will be towed to Texas after being loaded with 400 tons of bal last. SEAMEN EXEMPTION ASKED WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 —(A*)— The CIO today asked the Selective Service System to order a blanket deferment from the di-aft for “ac tive skilled merchant seamen.” WEATHER East Texas _— Cold wave with freezing rain ox- snow i n north west, west cen tral and nox-th central pox-tions this afternoon and tonight and continuing Tues day. Occasional rain elsewhere this afternoon. Much colder to night with rain changing to freezing rain tonight and Tuesday. Lowest tempex-atures tonight 5 to 20 northwest and 15 to 30 northeast and west central portions. Fresh to strong souther ly winds on the coast shifting to northerly late tonight or Tuesdayi Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Volume 48 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1949 iainuaxvx Z*, Number 114 No NROTC Expansion Expected For Future There will be no expansion of the Naval ROTC program by the addition of new units in the near future, acording to a letter received from Commander L. C. Heinz of the NROTC-NACP section. The letter was sent to Charles Kirkham,president of the Student Senate, after he had written a letter of inquiry to the Commanding Officer of the NROTC Unit at the Univer sity of Texas, in regard to the es- Pinkerton Accepts NACA Appointment Professor R. M. Pinkerton, for seven years a member of the aeronautical engineering staff, and his family will leave College Station January 31 for Hampton, Virginia, to accept an appointment as aeronautical research scientist with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Exchange Store Profits Reach $32,840 Total Exchange Store profits for the fiscal year of 1947-48, totaling $32,840, will be divid ed equally between the Memo rial Student Center Operat ing Fund and student welfare according to W. H. Holzmann, chairman of the Exchange Store Advisory Board. A motion made by Ernest Lang ford was unanimously adopted to allocate $16,420.36 to the Memorial Student Center Operating Fund. Wilbur Fritz then motioned that the remaining funds of the same amount be allocated to student wel fare, actual distribution to be de termined later. This motion was passed unanimously. The board also discussed plans to make tempoi-ary seats available on the drill field for final review and other special purposes, but no ac tion was taken. The board also heard a report from W. L. Penberthy, dean of men, which stated the need of ad ditional funds for student welfare and recreational facilities and nam ed the need of funds for the fol lowing purposes: Library for recreational read ing and supplementary reading, Guion Hall sound equipment, ad ditional equipment for Music Hall, playground equipm e n t, funds for the Band, intramural basketball portable outdoor goal posts, funds for the Aggie Play ers and Rodeo Roping Arena. The report was discussed at length but it was decided to defer action until the next meeting, Feb ruary 4. ♦ His new work will deal with the \\ / analysis and correlation of experi- mental and theoretical research in transonic aerodynamics, the region of mixed subsonic and supersonic flows encountered by high speed aircraft. Pinkerton came to A&M in No vember 1941 from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronau tics. As associate professor of aero nautical engineering, he taught aex-odynamics and aided in the de velopment of research facilities. He was promoted to professor in 1943 and served as acting head of the department from June 1944 to June 1947. During the war Professor Pink erton was active in war training work with the aircraft industry. He was associated as aerody namic consultant with the Ap plied Physics Laboratory of the Johns Hopkins University and the Globe Aircraft Corporation. Soon after his ai’rival on the A &M Campus, Pinkerton began pi’e- liminary design studies for a wind tunnel laboi’atoi’y as the first unit of a proposed aeronautical research center. The Aerodynamic Research Lab oratory, a part of this center, lo cated at Easterwood Airpoi’t, was planned under Pinkerton’s supex-- vision and was under his direction until June 1947. At that time all aviation activities wei’e placed un der the administration of the new ly appointed head of the aero de partment. Million Dollars In Refunds for Vet Homes Obtained Refunds and adjustments total ling mox-e than a million dollars have been obtained for veterans who purchased homes built with priority authorization under the Veterans Emergency Housing Pro gram, Housing Expediter Tighe E. Woods reported today. As of January 5, settlements had been effected with builders in volving 3829 homes in the amount of $977,812. As of the same date, judgments and settlements report ed by the OHE Litigation Division and the Department of Justice amounted to $137,036. The total for the two is $1,114,848. Approximately 70 per cent of this total was obtained during the last 90 days, after the en larged staff of investigators had been recruited and put to work. Also as of January 5, cases in litigation involved 5256 homes with total claims of $2,433,809. Pend ing settlements involved 3302 homes representing $1,155,700. In vestigations had been completed but no action yet taken in cases involving 13,801 homes and $2,- 930,299. All of the categories totaled 26,- 188 homes involving a total of $7,634,656 in overcharges, substi tutions and omissions. On hand for investigation as of that date were veterans’ complaints involving 37,357 homes. The dol lar amount of these cases has not yet been determined. The veterans’ complaints in all of these cases are based on pro visions of the Veterans Emergency Housing Act of 1946 under which a builder was granted authority and priority assistance to build homes for veterans on condition that he build according to minimum specifications he himself submit ted and at a maximum sales price which he himself placed on the house. The complaints allege over charge or failure to comply with specifications. Restitution consists either of a direct cash refund or correction of the deficiencies. What’s Cooking AGGIE WIVES CIRCLE & AG GIE RUTH CIRCLE, 7:30 p. m., Monday, A&M Methodist Church Lounge. HANDCRAFT GROUP, 7:30 p. m., Wednesday, YMCA. RANGE AND FORESTRY CLUB, 7 p. m., Monday, January 31, Ag Engineering Building. The VM '51 Wives Club Meeting for this week has been cancelled, el. Ag Engineering Course Given V Credit Change Agricultural Engineering 217 has been given a recent face-lifting, ac cording to R. N. Craig, assistant professor in the Agricultural En gineering Department, who teaches the farm shop course. It has been changed from a 3 hour couse to two 2-hour courses, Agricultural Engineering 221 and Agricultural Engineeinng 222. The new courses will meet one day a week with 1 hour of theory and 3 hours of lab, thus fitting in with more students’ schedules, Craig said. Ag Eng 221 will cover all wood working tools, woodwork, paints and painting. Ag Eng 222 includes axyacety- lene and arc welding, soldering, forging, cold metal woi’k and con crete. Reasons for the changes ai’e to give the student more time to put to practice shop theory, particul arly cold metal woi’k and welding; also, the change enables the stu dent to complete laxger projects, which can be carried from one course to the other, Craig said. Vaughn Monroe Concert Tickets Available Feb. 1 Sale of Vaughn Monroe concert tickets will be open Tuesday and Wednesday, Febi’uary 1 and 2, to non-military students only, accord ing to Grady Elms, assistant di rector of Student Activities. After that, tickets will be sold on a first come, first serve basis. Prices will be $1.50 for x-eserved seats and $1 for general admission. Persons attending the concert will have to be in their seats by 6:15 p.m. because of the broadcast which begins at 6:30 p.m., Elms said. Dallas Aggies Schedule Dance The Dallas A&M Club has ex tended an invitation to all A&M students and their guests to attend a dance at the Dallas Sky-Vu club January 29. Sam A. Ellsberry, Jr., president of the Young Aggies of Dallas, placed 140 free tickets for the dance in the Student Activities of fice for distribution. He said more tickets would be available if they were needed. Grady Elms, assistant director of Student Activities, said they were available to students for any friends they wished to take to the dance. MRS. SHUFFLER TO REVIEW ‘INTRUDER IN THE DUST’ Mrs. Henderson Shuffler will review “Intruder in the Dust” by William Faulkner at the College Women’s Social Club meeting at 3 p.m. Friday, in the YMCA Chap- JULIET AND THE Nurse are shown in the garden scene of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” a Clare Tree Major production which will be presented here February 7 in Guion Hall. Registration Begins On Monday Morning Presently enrolled students will register for the spring semester of 1949 in Sbisa Hall Monday and Tuesday, January 31 and February 1. The official schedule of classes and directions will be available to students at the Registrar’s Office later this week according to an announce ment by H. L. Heaton, registrar. The complete schedule is as fol lows with all whose surnames be gin with letter indicated registex*- ing at the time given: Monday, January 31 8 to 9—G, HI. 9 to 10—Ho, I, J. K. 10 to 11—A, Be. 1 to 2—Bi, By. 2 to 3—T, U, V. 3 to 4—W, X, Y, Z. Tuesday, February 1 8 to 9—L, Ma. 9 to 10—Me, N, O. 10 to 11—P, Q, R. 1 to 2—S. 2 to 3—C. 3 to 4—D, E, F. Students who have not complet ed registration and returned as signment cards to the Registrar’s Office by 5 p.m. of registration day will pay an additional matri culation fee of $2 for late regis tration. Students who register will be required to follow the procedure prescribed in the official sched ule of classes and directions for registration, Heaton said. Old returning students will follow the same procedure, he added. Heaton stated that any course may be withdrawn from the spring semester offerings in case the number of registrants is too small to justify the offering of the course. DEMONSTRATION IN ROME ROME, Jan. 24 b®—Several thousand students shouting “ven- duto” (sold out) marched on the foreign office yesterday in protest against the projected delivexy of Italian warships to Russia as rep arations. A large crowd also was reported to have demonstrated before the Soviet Embassy. Dr. L P. Gabbard To Serve on State Taxation Council Di\ L. P. Gabbard, head of the agricultural economics department has been named by Governor Beau- ford Jester to serve on a fact finding committee to assist the 51st Legislature with taxation problems. Di\ Stuai’t MacCoi’kle, professor of government and director of the Bureau of Municipal Research at the University of Texas, was nam ed chairman of the group. Other members ai’e Robert S. Calvert, state comptroller; Jesse James, state treasurer; Hall H. Logan, chairman of the board of control; Di\ E. T. Miller, Univer sity of Texas professor of econo mics; Bullock Hyder, North Texas State College, Denton; and Dr. Reginald Rushing, Texas Tech, Lubbock. Brazos A&M Club To Meet Tonight A meeting of officers and direc tors of the Brazos County A&M Club will be held in the board room of the Chamber of Commerce in the Varisco Building Monday at 7 p. m., according to Oscar Crain, president. Matters of importance to the club dui’ing the coming year will be discussed, Crain said. LOOK OUT HOUSTON DALLAS, Jan. 21 —b®— A pe tition to annex Cockrell Hill to Dallas was circulated in the com munity today. Dick Todd is Named To Coaching Staff Dick Todd, former backfield man of A&M, was named varsity backfield coach by Athletic director Bill Carmichael Saturday. The terms of the contract were not disclosed. He will report for duty February 1, three days before the start of spring football practice. Todd graduated in the spring of4 — r— 1939, and since then, except for 2 and one-half years in the Navy, has been with the Washington Red skins in professional football. At Crowell, Texas, High School in 1934, Todd was a national sen sation when he scored 318 points. During his four years in high school he made 664 points, which added to 116 at A&M made a total of 780 for eight years of high school and college football. Best Running Back Although Todd did not play on a championship team at A&M he was known as one of the best run ning backs the conference had pro duced up to that time. In his sen ior year, he made nearly every all conference and all-opponent team that was picked. Carmichael and Head Coach Stiteler tenned the naming of Todd “an important step in re turning the Texas Aggies to the place they once held in college foot ball.” Cax-michael has been dickering with Todd since the teammate and roommate of Sammy Baugh decid ed to retire from pi’o football at the close of last season. . Full Coaching Staff Addition of Todd brings to full strength the football coaching staff. In addition to head Coach Stiteler and Backfield Coach Todd there are Line Coach Bill DuBose, End Coach J. T. King, and Fi-esh- man Coach Bai’low “Bones” Irvin. Gage Engineer To Hold Meet L. W. Dwyer, chief gage engineer of the United States Arsenal at Watervliet, N. Y., will conduct a two-day con ference on gage engineering here February 3 and 4. The confei’ence is sponsored by the ME Depai’tment, with A. R. Burgess as chaii'man for the shoi’t <course. Gage engineering deals with precision measurement of metal pieces. A&M is one of a number of uni versities throughout the country at which Dwyer has set up gage lab- oratories for the Ordnance Depart ment of the U. S. Army. The A&M Laboi’atory will be used by Dwyer to demonstrate correct techniques of gage use and gage checking. Among developments to be dis cussed will be the x'ecent agreement between the United States, Great Britain, and Canada for a compro mise screw thread. In addition to Dwyer and Bur- ges§, Texas engineers who attend the course will hear Geox-ge L. Dehn, southwest manager for Mag- naflux Corp., discuss ultra-sonic inspection of metal thickness and flaws, a new electronic process of inspection. Cue Stick Wizard Champ Billiard Shot Visits A&M By DAN JACKSON Charlie Peterson, world’s cham pion trick billiard shot, in a sur- pi-ise visit to A&M, Friday, Jan uary 21, gave an exhibition in the YMCA at 7:30 that night. The spry, 79-year-old champion first showed the audience the cor rect way to hold the cue stick, hit the cue ball, and figure cushion shots mathematically using the spots in the middle and up on the edge of the table. Then Peterson, who is minus a large part of his hair, drew laugh ter and whistles of amazement from his audience when he “threw his hair back out of his eyes” and began shooting. He made what he calls his Brooklyn shot because a Study, That Is, Son Earnest Cadets Sacrifice Sleep In Knowledge Search By C. C. MUNROE A thermos jug full of black cof fee is passed around. Some weak soul staggers through the fog to open a window, but as the cold air whips in he closes it again amidst a chorus of howls. One sleepy character has given up and buried his head on a pillow. Over in the corner somebody mutters, “Oh hell.” Cramming 1313, the most pop ular course at A&M is in session. No ordinary men, these. They have earned their right to sit in on Cramming 1313. Each and every one has had to swear on a copy of the Blue Book that he missed at least one exemption by point. These seemingly battle weary souls are those who were fouled up when somebody loused up the curve. Their place in the smoke-filled den of condensed knowledge was fought for, against unbelievable odds. Take that long, tall individual with the pipe in his mouth. Anyone of his friends will swear that he got the dirtiest deal in college, ex cepting, of course, himself. The long, tall one, who answei’s to many names, will certify that his prof had him pegged for a lousy C the day he walked into the class. “That crumb,” he will testify between di’ags on the stoker, “has n’t liked me since the time I fell asleep during one of his bull stor ies.” Another figure barely visible leaning against the bedpost ans wers. “He did me dirty too. He doesn’t like none of us that sleep in class.” A third stops mopping up coffee he has spilled on his roommate’s bunk long enough to comment, “And he switched quizes on us af ter we stayed up till two o’clock to get into his office.” Further mutterings concerning the prof’s ancestry are cut short by a crash as a skinny figure in shorts bursts into the room. “Who’s got a cigarette?” the skinny one yells, looking around hopefully. “Why don’t you buy some?” the long tall one grins as he tosses a crumpled pack to the newcomer. “I would if you wouldn’t smoke them all the time, you cheapskate.” “Aw, shutup” the long tall one yells, “Can’t you see we’re trying to study. We got Eco. in the morning.” “YOU, you got Eco! Man, lemme tell you what I got.” The one who was mopping up the spilled coffee settles himself comfortably on the freshly dried bunk and closes his eyes. The long, tall one reaches over and turns on the x’adio. The figure leaning against the bedpost leafs idly through a 1947 Argosy. The skinny one tells his troubles to the dis interested audience. Cramming 1313 continues on into the night, for finals are scheduled for tomorrow. GI in an army camp said it ‘coives’ off the cushion and hits the sec ond object ball. Peterson then balanced one ball on top of the other and made a three cushion billiard on that play too. He later put a dime on the edge of a cushion and struck it with the cue ball to make it spin into the air and fall in a small glass up on the edge of the table. All this time he was keeping up a steady sti’eam of interesting and rib-trickling conversation and cas ually doing things like throwing around cue balls that lurched cra zily all over the table. For over two hours the cue- stick artist made trick shots, using much of the equipment he uses in his television shows and in his recent Pete Smith movie short. He also gave personal in struction to some of the specta tors. Peterson travels all over the na tion and to many fox-eign countries for the American Billiai’d Associa tion in an effort to promote the game in colleges and universities. He visited A&M three or four times in the years before the war. Dui’ing the war he gave over 3,000 peidormances in 729 camps. Once he had to play on a table with no cloth on it, but, says he, “I never, missed a show except once when the table lay dismantled on the floor.” When the war was over, Pe terson had a gavel made of the nine ivory balls he had used, and this he presented to President Harry Truman. At the recent governors’ confer ence, Peterson presented each gov- ernor with an eight ball. He chuckled delightedly when he men tioned that he has received letters of appreciation fi'om all except Governor T. E. Dewey. Peterson is working to organize pocket billiard teams in all col leges in this region. These teams will send in their scoi’es on Feb i’uary 23, and the winners will re ceive a fi’ee trip to the national tournament in New York City. More information on this contest will be announced later. tablishment of a unit here. The letter further explained, “Inasmuch as the Navy is limited by law to a ceiling of 15,400 stu dents who may be enrolled at one time and the established units have a capacity of approximately 300 students each, it is considered that any contemplated increased re- quirements for naval officers can be handled within the present units.” At the time of the authoriza tion by the Board of Directors, President Bolton told them that the Navy would probably not need a unit at the present time, but if they ever should need one, it would be best for him to be authorized to negotiate for it in order to avoid delay and the pos sibility of losing the opportuni ty. The letter continued by saying, “The Bureau of Naval Personnel has on file the formal application for the establishment of an NROTC unit submitted by the Agricultural and Mechanical Col lege of Texas under date of 12 April 1945. “This application was consider ed, along with those of many other worthy institutions, when estab lishment of the last of the 52 NROTC units now in existence was approved in the spring of 1945. As far as is known, no further cor respondence regarding this matter has taken place between the Col lege and the Navy Department.” “We are very happy, how- evei’, to know of the continued interest of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas in the NROTC Program. “It is hoped that the plaque pi’e- sented by the Navy for the valued participation of that institution in the naval training pi’ograms dur ing’ the war indicates in s9me measui’e our esteem.” Segall and Howard To Attend ASHVE Meet in Chicago Ralph Segall and Chaides P. Howard have been elected dele gates to represent the A&M chap ter of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers in Chicago, Illinois this week. The convention is being held in conjunction with the Ninth Air Force Conditioning Exposition. The delegates left by spe cial train from Dallas with three other senior societies in Texas. The Texas delegation arrived in Chicago Sunday January 23, by the only special train to the con vention. Segall, a mechanical engineering senior and progi’am chairman of the student society, is from Shrevej port, Louisiana. He will gradual in June, and plans to enter heat ing and ventilation engineering. Charles P. Howard is a mechani cal engineering senior and secre tary of the society. His home is il Galveston. He will graduate in June and plans to enter heating and ventilation after gi’aduation. Julis G. Blum of Fort Worth and Henry Bettencourt of Galveston, wei’e elected alternate delegates. Enlisted Reserves Eligible for Duty Enlisted men of the Organized Reserve Corps are now eligible to volunteer for service and will be accepted for a period of 21 months continuous active duty, Colonel Os car B. Abbott, executive officer for the Texas Militaxy District, announced today. Enlisted reservists without de pendents will be accepted on active duty in their present Organized Re- sei’ve Corps grade. Those with de pendents will be accepted on active duty only if they are in the first three grades. Applications can be obtained from the local instructor’s office and will be submitted through that office. Reports of medical exami nation and history will accompany the applications. ‘News’ to Continue During Exam Week The “News of Aggieland” radio program w r ill continue over WTAW at 7:45 a. m. during the final ex amination period, Frank Sosolik, station manager, said today. The program customarily pre sented by staff members of The Battalion will be given by WTAW staff announcers during the final examination period in which The Battalion will not be published.