VA
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WASHINGTON J'
Veterans Adminife'
Gray, Jr., today
ment next year of a
000,000 (B) divid ed
Service Life Insurance
Gray said he hoptes
creek
in January, 1950^'
receiving cl
substantially conjipl
first half of that y
The dividend pi ym^
hopefully anticipated
onqmiats as a slim ilai
ing power which aiig'
Tele
Subitt
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thorizes 2 8 Billion
-
ividend Pa 1
■ i l !' .i
B.
pay-
12,800,-
onal
es.
rans will
tome time
niivment
the
Tan eomplBinti
have bean mibrniiti
■» Btriaklamt,' nf il»«
Italia Tiiti|thimo <’
eordittil to 11,
matt of the (ittlln
/ phona (fominlUit.
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- - pmpiR
declining business activity.
A premature announcement of
the action was put out by VA
yesterday, but recalled because
Gray had not yet signed the order.
He signed it this morning.'
About 16,000,000 (M) veterans,
of World War II will receive^tha
dividends.
This would average about $175,
but individual calculations have not
been completed. - J
In general, every veteran who
took out National Service Insur-
ne Group
Questions
iHlbwMnrn
m|»any,_ no.
bar I, ohnir.
u,l«n iii«*
These (juiidIrma wi * drawn up
by the rommittae Jin meotittg
June 23, Hurchnrd aid, tubllng
that the commlttie v Biu» a writ
ten slatOmeiit frotj ^{rloMund
since all vertml staletneiktfl hnve
proven unreliable.
. The complaints cH
Prof 5 Finds
Influences
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Temperature is the )rinJipdl fac
tor in determining he ove life
' of the topminnow, A B. Medlen,
biology instructor, sai in bn inter-
1 view yesterday.
1 Medlen is pfeparir | g a publica
tion on his research the effects
of temperature and )ight ii
reproduction of topniinnotys.
The groups of fish
experiment were kepi
light were regulated,
partment the temperature was
maintained at 40 dej^eesj fahren
heit, and the length
creased from 10 hou
per day. These fish
duce. In another cOi
• light ^vas increased it
the temperature w
from 40 degrees to 8
the fish reproduced.
“Since it ll -a well
useld in the
in tompart-
which temperature and
i«one| com-
in the scientific worl i t
reesj
of light in
to 17 hours
t (repro-
eht the
lly, but
creased
degrees and
i r I • I
known fact
and other animals! a
influenced by light, I
,, I would attempt to (
affect upon this fish,"
profoundly
bought that
last was Decent.
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meatlng are from.a list of 87 dif
ferent eojnplftlnts, The first jwim-
itlrtjnV nn record was made off In*
laJly ln 1(141, Hurebard said.
The following are the complaint*
submitted to Hlrtoklnud:
Door plant and line mglnten.
mice; rain puts plumes out for
days at a time; numbers changed
without notice,
tfnsatlsfajlory and Inadequate
directory
her, 1047).
Inefficiency and Inaccurgify In
billing.
"Downgrading" of service; party
lines added without permission or
rate adjustment.
Unexplained frequency of wrong
numbers/
Failure to make reasonable re
pairs when requested.
Unsatisfactory long distance
service.
Extended delay in installation of
new phones.
Inability to get “firin -answer”
from Bryan office on service or
other information requests.
End of favoritism and discrimi
nation in new installations.
The committee expects to meet
with Strickland Thursday or Fri
day, Burchard said, and will de
mand assurance of continued im
proved service after ‘‘.the heat is
off." n .r
House Okehs Old
, K v ! ,
Bryan Power Law
t Austin, Tex., June 24—<A > >—The
House today approved a bill vali
dating action taken by the City of
Bryan 13.years ago in establishing
a municipal power system.
The measure was sent back to
the Senate for consideration of
minor House ammondmont*. *
Hep. James K. Presnal of (’nllege
Station saiii the validating act
and kept it / in force at least
month^ 7 will be eligible,
policy-holders have died, the ben-
ciaries Will receive the funds.
Application blanks for the divi-
nds are being prepared and may
be available in August in post-
offices; Veteran’s Service Organi
zations, and VA Offices.
The special dividend will not be
paid on policies issued after Janu
ary 1, 1948j But such policies may
rticipate in some later dividend,
- said.
e cut-off date—that is, the
limit of time on which dividend
accumulations will be allowed—is
the anniversary date of the policy
in 1948.
Government officials expect the
dividends to be spent promptly and
Ad provide a noticeable "shot in
ttyo arm” for business, 'V/
The $2,000,000,000 (H) dlstrL
liution of terminal leave pay bonds
1947 had such an effect, ob.
«nrvahlv In sales charts
Nearly 20,000,000 <M) n<
were issued, of wbleh 7,21(1,000 are
still In force with a fare value of
$41,522,000,000 (II). The policies
need not now he In force to make
tile holder eligible for a dividend
payment. y/ '
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Cadets Rotate
Command
At Fort Bliss
By GERALD P. MONKS
Ft. Bliss Ratt Correspondent (CA)
A ' ■ ' ij
The rotating system the ROTC
commander is using here is to al
low as many men as possible to
Marion N. Williamson, Jr. leaves
the experiment station for study
at Harvard. I J
County Agents
LeaveSonora
On Field Trip
Students, all cojunty agents, and
Instrltrtors *tf the third annual
Mange and Forestry field eourso
left Monnrn loday for Dvwlde, vlo
ttoek Mprlngs, studying range con
dition* on the way. Tomorrow they
will visit the Mcknight Munch near
Carrixn ,Springs,
Friday, the first day of the
course; was spept In orientation
and other classwurk. Saturday and
Sunday The class took field trips
around Sonorn hnd had theory
classes.
Purpose of the course is to
teach county agents the latest
range management practices and to
show them the key plant species
of different areas that con be used
as a guide to proper range utili-
tgke command of various units. In , zation. Also, the men are shown
the rotation, Clarence Christ has
taken command of the 2nd platoon
of A battery.
With Bubba Schroeder as squad
leader, Joe Coronado is S-4 offi
cer on the battalion staff. Red
Barnes was 1st sergeant and Char
ley Jackson is now squad leader in
CiBattery. I „
In all, I believe the Aggies will
give a good show of themselves
while at camp. These fellows fwdfi
Utah and California don’t e\en
know how to make up beds cor-
reptlyj
j j j q
The following men from A&M
are in C Battery: Bill Richards,
Charley Jackson, Sam Barnes, Bill
Couch and Gus Mistrot. Charles B.
McKevall, Bob Smith, Joe Corona
do, H. J. Baker, and Roy T. Huff
man are in B Battery.
Jn A Battery are the following
A(iM men: Gerald P. Monks, Bob-
bljs ; I. Cox, James W. Andrews,
Wlayland Jordan, Arthur C.
Sflhrneder Jr. and Clarence Christ.
Today pictures were taken of
all the Aggies following a demon
stration of automatic weapons flro
by B and D batteries, This dem-
oiial ration was for vlaltlng Mexi
can generals, but slnde we were
here, we were lucky enmiHli to see
Iti
demonstrations of the various range
practices covered an classwork.
Graduate credit; is given to those
who complete the course. This
summer work is part of the in-ser
vice training and! professional im
provement program of the Texas
Extension Servicej.
Dr. Vernon Young and Dr. O. E.
Sperry, both of the Range and
Forestry Departrhent; L. B. Mer
rill, of the Sonora experimental
sub-station; and A. H. Walker, ex
tension range specialist, are con
ducting the course. Dr. Young, who
is head of the Range and Forestry
Department and the Texas Exten
sion Service, is In charge of in
struction.
The course will end July 11.
What's Cooking
AGGIE RUTII; CIRCLE, 8 p.m.
Monday. With Mrs. Floyd Mosk,
B9D, College VifW.
AGRONOMY: SOCIETY, 7:30 p.
m. Tuesday, June 28, Animal In
dustries Lectpr | Room, refresh-
went* rmd snobc / by Pinky Downs,
EAST TKXA1 ULUB, 7:30 n. m,
Tuesday, Juno !$, Kcmllng Room
of,the YMCA
MAM WIVKH ( 1|,UH, 7tH0
Tuesday, June
.floodwin home,
It a ttaiion
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SALE—-Now vacant — 2 bedroom
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FOR SALE—New $60.00 Evaporative Type
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discriminating persons. $12.00 per mpnth.
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FOR RENT—Comfortable furnished room.
Adjoining bath./Professor or graduate
Student preferred. Phone 4-9724.
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One Half Ijjtour Laundry
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Last Wash F| !Ce i ve d Monday
7.•00 p.m. —Sat. 3:30 p.m.
Other Da}»3 ^:30 p.m,
Starching & Drying Facilities
V Avf^l .able.-
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