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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1949)
r^W: i with! ^ h« .t unholj . <»f : in hour ^ frolbt attalion Edit id Is y/fca . ' *v,- >DAY, MAY 12, 1949 Battalion Poem Contest Sn <ce0»l a v Bra ' to dlrife | Genii AUrtti Sira: Yclu . or you $ field (ff to W have jj)e forge phe look like Real liCsta to onl’sfl their bra controls ' Now idSi Mr s 0ur Traffic Headaches . : T • . ■ came to us recently teration that should have occurred to all ve is a good suggestion of us a long time ago. to be a partial remedy “Why not,r our reader suggested, “re- >Mem. i route the busies that congregate in front concerned with the of George’s jjo that they could pick up Ivthat can beioui\d their passengers at a Idas congested spot?” ijOrge’s confectionary any To us that suggestion rings true. It ay, especially about eight in would be an easy matter to ask the bus n km, and five in the even- company to change its stopping place, and we believe they would see the wisdom in r _ „ ^ the suggestion. Perhaps they cobld dis- retaries, college employ- charge and load passengers on Lubbock fourths of the people in * Street which connects Trail and Throck- m to pick those hours morton street*, or on Lamar Street which times that the traffic ler is the heaviest. Stu- Cjcf Jfge’s. a mass of cars that is of dormitories one anfi two. alternate location is chosen, runs In front Whatever ejijbus, but senseless when it just about apy change would be for the inimized by a simple al- better. ter to Our Favorite Lobby . . . tjhe Oil Interests Lobby Its really I they 1 have, a some lessons quite a system of lobbyists id maybe you should take rom them. krp either extremely subtle, As students, naturally our interests are r'nlng a poor second in the not affected l y anything thajt happens off ^ In our state capital. the campus. We are sports-minded and y neglect or ineptitude you like to follouj- all sorts of contests. Our ;|ki the Real Estate lobby to favorite contest is observing the activities you. They are making you of you lobbyists, and we enjoy sometimesf nch of roughnecks. These ! how you wodk together and other times tioys are smooth. They appeal against each other, tps! • rightism. In Washihgton We know you are looking out for our fice got the matter of rent interests. Maybe you will be able to ar islfcalte hands. •* ;i range it so we can pay higher prices for hq ability of masters they the gasoline your employers sell us. have ietj f^ij tiieir current lobbying cam- And maybe you can help the Oil companies paigns th cjecontrol rent in Texas. You make more profit by getting their taxes know rent coiltrol is one of those vile war- bMI Student Ento, ‘.By BEE MtUM The abplc The cafes pies that Mon would make here can’t duplicate, aste mo flat and crust so hard, time expe pie who 11^(| property could bOj j ' Elect! br the- lUl pttssed sfevera' m failifoti require (gnd Chilido us ndicu ed;citizm testing lowered. hjees which protected the peo- As you ahe our favorite lobby, we had apartments and held down to write you because we don’t like to see era’ returns. If rent controls any: lobby gelt ahead of the oil lobby, miinated, the Real Estators Yours fot better roads and education, can chait|eAny amount rent they choose. The Battalion Editorial Staff I Whistlestops in the Dark .. Tile geo: i tizens of Elect^a and Chil- ablp enterpri se. The towns Woijld not be Uepthearth ] quite a stir over prospects of completely denied passenger or freight their th^kiag west Texas communities service. Only when there was no business becoming IT :re “whistle stops” on the rail, would the Z<;phyr pass through without line betwlper Ft. Wprth and Amarillo. stopping. T£i insist that the Zephyr stop A< corfc i • f' 6 a ruling passed Saturday whether thers is business or mot does not by tlell^clja Railroad Commission, the seem reasonable. fast inovii; Zephyr, which has been un- While the citizens are forcing the train profitably H ppping at eight of these small s ^ 0 p ^yerv day to cater to their few tqymH b<jMcn Cowtown and ArnariH^ passengers, they fail to consider the.trai»i- may di«(|oii|iinue regular stops in these load of peopld they are needMsly delaying, townti. Iijist4ad of regular stops, the train would stdp -ion y when passengers desired ijh ^ne of these towns, pity Council (and seconded Council of Chillicothe) has this week ijt3 prevent this grave affront by 01 ^ riec ^ n In 0Ul Iorm 01 m railed rlnmnanvJ The nrHin»nPP« If the progresses to the point of atl5 miles pelr hour and during their time . . v , in town subrilit to a "sanitary ^ tickete-j-not. i^isance laws against Hoilse Trims Appropriations Bill by One Million Dollars • I j/f! ! , jj ■ j I I ;\ . i 1 By iBO BYERS $622,00ft in action rammed through . TTonn^r/J. 1 ,, . o, , ^ m. so tael by Speaker Durwood Man- ALSTI^, Jex., May 12 A 5 The f or( } man y represektatives did House tmanned ts two-year de- no t know what had happened, partmental appropriation bill from The House, in Tuesday action, f? •o'ihon to l40 n ill ion dollars and ji, a( | abolished one other agency, finally passe 1 ; it last night, 1L4 the State'Aeronautics Commission. ^J” 1 , |- , ! , The moiiey saved would be $64,000. ,That clear?q the way for the gjj Gregory of Gatesvihe House to take up the 58 million j ei j ^ fight to eliminate the Vet- dolldr money hi 1 for state-sup- erans Affairs Commission. poi*tfed collego today. It is the last (irr , .. , of the four b g spending measures .‘. Th 1 ls 15 the niost unnecessary r - ^ • - ridiculous commission m the state, he told the House. “It’s just a big, fat pork barrel. Everything it does Three big ^troty* accounted for a |£^«” d ° ne by ' private Reps. Billie Jobe of Putnam and Abraham Kazen Jr. of Laredo de fended the VAC. “We know there’s considerable animosity between private organi- , zations and the VAC. I say the VAC has served a useful purpose,” Jobe said. 1 age of excess 1 *! / m . i, the hive cental ft s a codmon hobby wh ich world, but a novel dation coinb fl form of the 7 practice is earned; on to build tin. here at A£M by a senior entomo- Hogue bo«« logy student Ralph Hogue of E observation h Veterans Company keeps a colpny e r*s supply in his/room. $3.50, and th No, he does not get stung, be- co * o: cadse he keeps them In a glass- *h° u t two r* sded hive with only one opening Hogue said which leads out through the win- have cost, hint / dow screen. The glass allows Hogue bought them to study the actions of the Wees •P**’’?* .. m {as they perform their natural T} 10 number functions of feeding the yoluiig, workers in the emerging from the comb, and fitor- , by Hogue Up ini[ honey - issrstss The hive presents a fascinating frame. Only a picture .Behind the plate of ^glpts, the bees go busily about their Wdrk unconcerned about the peering hu- ■ j 1 , man beings. Thu broftn brood comb u|ldrK, 11 at the bottom of the Hivei Is par- /.g tially covered with hundred* of the clllttlll yellowish-brown insects. Voting t w ^ I porkers and droncij cin be seen •• W.StaM ! emerging from the oomb. morlaJ Stuoe Hogue says that i four or five ( /,.v ! (lays after the worker* emorgd attended the-4l. they will move up to the top of the L, u j BU|)ll jj hive and build comb for the stwr- >lj ;j | . jr WiSpM|| as Hotel As) Official Notice Mj’IIOOl, (IV AfiKU t I.TI KK j ActfOUntMipl ,fO i! h , Company, flta Avrlmilluriil who palryf . ' .. ihinlmmlry 202 In tho flrut sml ! rusillv unmp M>i<hom<iri‘it who it re now NkinK.OUS idea* on p. il, 202 i»r«* ••ii«ii>i<; o> t'lHiiimw lit ih« plies were ootl Snplinniot# Onlry Cotin JiSTkIitii . ('OjuiMt'l iV i *T ill! SntnrHay mrirnlnu, May 21, b««innln{K a( ' V I a.m. H will akt in th« oitKanUatlnn hfj the ilonlint If <raeh xtiKlcnt wbn la Intarliili'd l*i the rentint will Iratw hO nniha With tin* wi'nanry of thi* Dairy Doimrttnrnt In Koom 21* Airrirnlturv i|)utl<Un|t i any time prior to May ,4*. I * A. L. OAKNhl.f. frofaaaor of Dairy Miinbaimlry the major portidn of what was lopped from the departmental ap propriation. The Houses decided by a slim majority that thb state veterans affairs commission is a useless agency and Wiped out its entire appropriation $4j49,728, for the next two years. !The amendment was approved: 63-11. Maintenance funds for the State Health Department Were slashed The departmental bill followed two other major money bills to the Senate. Those were the meas- We still cratic principles to believe that the line is operating few people “emergency ordinances” company. The ordinances passing through Electra inconvenienci iave enough faith in demo- PALACE Bryan T<)DAY THRU SATURDAY to benefit the majority. If a are inconvenienced for the good of the group, it is the perennial lack of perfection in our form of government. Fi at rue majority of its pas- h«) to creep through town 9cngcrs ' we bclicve those paase "* ers wil1 force a correction by a normal refusal to inepeiti^t’ » City plumbing and sanitai the railroad ,,nd «* other tiqn inaphc:jn. \ ■] ! ' M | The City Council of Electra and Chil-. «• rer-say-die attitude seems to ; licothe seem to be trying to hobble and 4 jjk one sided. The well intend-; hog tie the^ron horse and Watch him pant of these small towns are pro-: in thir stations while passengers’ time is i fepntinuance of an unprofit- 1 wasted. V ' . §{'(. I; ■ .1 ■ I > |- .A .4 '1 » I \ . i herfein. • EnUMd OffiM St CSI Dm Act of ures taking care of state hospitals and courts. The only appropria tion of consequence, 6thhr than that for higher education, now await ing House action, is one for state supported junior colleges. CATHOLIC MASS Friday 6:45 &jn. ST. MARY’S CHAPEL Automotive Etc v . . Starter, {Seiler and Carburetors , | ( v Tune-up — Magneto Service Bruner Battory £ Electric Company , 113 E. 28th St. Bryanl ASK US ABOUT ■ | : - ; i/\ Free Flying lessons Free Airplane Rides S’/cm/An wm/w-m rmTtiFM TODAY and FRIDAY John Wayne TECHNICOI.OR HIT j ! 3 GODFATHERS SATURDAY -- 2 HITS EVERY TOWN HAS A SCARLET STREET \j i \ -i ADULT ACTION COMING Prevue f A ’ « Sunday THE SHETA Of THE SAHARA! 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