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in the Grove last Thursday and Frl-
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- JESTER -
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political races, all thiiee isuceess-
ful. Hisjfirst Wfts for the railroad
commission post ta fill an unex-
pjred two year term. In 1944 he
Mtp* re-elected: without opposition,
Uje! first? time in 20 years that a
candidate fop that ? important oil
and gas regulatory; Of Ice had run
unopposed. The j fs&t Was attrib
uted to Jester’s warm and friend
ly nature along with a spotless
record in office, y |
!His second contested race be^an
i -^jthis one, for gpwrnor—with a,
i priayer from his th?n 85-year-old
j mother for divine guidance, and a
' notice in his hometown newspaper
tJM|itjhe was a candidate for gov-
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day evenings. Pai
in the foreground.
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ertipr. Discounted Nearly in thef^il e - ft /
rtt^e as a strong; contender, he *'
soojv overcame od^s and ran a
tough race ahead qI 12 opponents,
four of whom withdrcfljv. He was
.re-elected last sumimer.
Military Service
He was commissioned captain
of infantry at the epxd of the first
ofifcer’s training 'fftmp, and ' in
August, 1917, wa$ assigned to
Company D, 357th Infantry, 90th
Division. He, corjimdnded ' this
company from the hate of its or
ganization to its demobilization.
Jester has been 'elected presp-
dejnt of the first officers’
ling camp association, Leon
Inga; president • of j the 90th
[isioh Veterans Association; and
post commander of * the JOhnsoh-
Wiggins Post 22, Adnerican Le
gion, Corsicana. , !■ :
On His return from overseas,
. Jester again entered; the Universi
ty iof Texas, where! he took his
law-degree in 1020. 'immediately
thereafter, he put %> his swingle
and began practicing law in his
home town. Soon after he opened
his law office, the"Pc!we|l Oil iField
qaifte in near Corsicana.
Practiced Law
1 Jtatalr | practiced law in bvery
court in the country, from the
Justice of the peace court to the
'U. p. supreme coprt.l Fror sixteen
yea^-s he served as i president j of
the;Navarro County Bar Associa
tion and was director of| the State
JtMO-41. . v J
11921 he marriep'Mfss, Mabel
hanan of Texarkana. Ark.
Thpjy had, three children.—Barbara
IMrfs. Howard Burp is), born ( in
19?$, Jpan, bomlin 1929, jamit Beau-
ford Jr. 4 , borrtM938. f l /! c
re 'Of ’Jester’s nopoies was
(is. He loved the soil and live
stock. Another of hiis hobbies was
looking after his blajik land farms
and raising thoroughbred stock.
He was an ardent horseman, hun
ter, and fisherman; j
Jester wap president of the Cor
sicana Y.M.C.A. from 1939 to 19-
42. He served on the state advi
sory board of the N Y A of Texas
For many year he taught a young
men’s bible class in the Methodist
Church in Corsicana.
Shlvefs Notified
In Woodvillej, Lieut. Cfov. Allan
Shivers said of this death of Gov.
Beauford H ! Jester tpday-r-a great
tragedy, a gregt tragedy to every
person in Texak.
^1 know of np man mote sincere
ly interested; in trying to better his
state,” Shivers said, j
Stivers and | his 'family were on
their East Texas farn) near \VoocU
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Shivers will: succeed Jester as
chief executive of Texas. He said
this morning that he did not know
when he would return to Austin,
that he was too shocked to think
at present.
“It’S a grpa): tragedy,’’ he se^i.
"A tragedy to his family, of
course, but Sia 0 a tragedy to Tek-
as.’’ • ' j •if ; ' . ' , . j ' [s ■ lj.
'‘Jester carried collectively all
the burdeps | that this legislature
which just epdled had. I know t^iat
he canceled many engagements so
that he could Stay rightat his of
fice,: ”HV backed the prison re
forms tlm legislature passed this
session. He urged eleemosynary
reforms. ! ]•
"He wap all the time helping the
people who had no lobby, no bloc
of votes, ho fjriends. ‘ He wanted to
help them because he thought they
needed help.
‘T am grieved at his deajth. It
is a great loss to his family, but
it is also a great loss to the state
■he served]” lj ' l-
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Jester, the first governor in the
second century of Texas state
hood, was born January 12, .1893,
of a pioneer family. As far b^ck
as 1940 his family began coming
to Texas and in 1858 his father,
the late George T. Jester, came to
Cpnlcanai P", |
In 1894, the year after Beauford
Jester wa^ born, George T. Jester
was elected Lieutenant Governor
of Texas; and; served two terms,
while ChkrleS 1 A. Culberson was
governor.! Beauford Jester’s fath
er was previously a member of the
Texas senate during Governor
Hogg’s administration and wfts an
ardent Supporter of
Hogg. Me helped Governor Hogg
carry outl his campaign platform
for the creation of a railroad, com-
raisaion.. 1, . |, • ' jriji.: j
His father was also a prominent
layman ih the Methodist Church,
and his mjother, Mrs. Frances Gor
don Jester, 88 years old on San
Jacintoi Day hpa long been a Sun
day-school teacher in Corsicana.
Education !•'
ift Corjiicanja, Jester went to
public school. I •
After fininhllng high school, Jes
ter enterejd th^ University of Tex
as, He \jvu« a leader ih student
activUtas,; helped organize the glee
dub and became a member of Tau
Chapter of Kappa Signia. His
workjon the Daily Texan, when it
name the first college daily pa-
r ill the South, earned him njem
be-shjip in Sigma Delta Chi, }ion
orary journalistic fraternity. ; He
wt s also elected to Friar, honorary
senior academic society. He (ook
hi^ B A. degree at the University
of Texas in 1916 and the follow ing
fan entered Harvard Law School
lis course at Harvard wasj In
tel rupted'in 1917 when AmefricA.
emered the First World War, and
he came back to Texas and enter
ed the first officers training c^mp
at Leon Springs.
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Talking Crow To
Enter Illinois U.
Champaign, m., — 'u« —
George M. j Crowham, a talking
cr6w, is going to school at 1 *, the
Ur iversity of Illinois.
Or maybe you^vould call him a
member of the faculty. At any
rA e, Dr. O. JH. Mowrfer^ directo p bf
th4 psychological clinic, hopes to
establish from George M. Craw-
hain just how bahfes learn to t
Oavid Maxfieldi 17, of Edwafas-
vil e, 111., wjio talught the bird to
talk gave it) toyMowrer. Mov
be) ieves the | process by which
cn w was taught to speak is
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saijne as thkt by which a mother
coixes the 1 first words from
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WildliCe Students
Take Mexico Trip
Twenty four wildlife manajge-
nnnt studeints will leave A^M
y 16 for a six weeks field trip
Mexico. W. B. Davis, hVad
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the Wildlife Management pi
pattment, H. C. Reynolds $nd
Chester Rowdl, both of the Biolo
gy! Department, will accompany
th<) group. ; 1
The trip is designed to give the
sSti dents ex^rience in the field,
and will consist of collecting, pre-
pa ring specimen for study, ^nd
ta::onbmy of the flora and faijna
pf Mexico, according to Davisi.
The group will make their head- ! project
qd irters in Cuernavaca, 26 miles
so’uth of Mexico'City, in the state
of Morelos. \ Ti
All members of thA party Atill
111 IpRKD BoilKRTHON
l|l. RuttlU Bnll l ortcitmuulviiKTC)
Company iK- containing
tho Aggies, retijNed from n
flolctv trip to th| [New York
Port of Rmb|rkuUpn at
Hrooklyn Army', Base, The
l?i’yup lefl Ft. Fiiktlfs by motpr
convoy Monday Mrnihg nnd
were billeted at; ft. Monde,
Maryland Monday night.
i Several Aggies visited Baltimore
Monday nigiit and the group pro
ceeded to (.'amp Ki|mjor, New.Jer
sey where they rayed 'Tuesday
night. A bus took \ large portion
of the cadets to New, York, for
many cadets’ first lorik lit the Big
City. . l 1 \
;The convoy continujed into New
York the following jhidniing, where
the cadets were properly impressed
by the size and efficiency of the
Army’s facilities thjer«| that suppli
ed apd disembarked personnel from
the ETO. j w
The port’s operation facilities
were inspected arid organization,
discussed and the ilstiidents given*
liberty until 5 a. ih. j
Thursday morning the Aggie
delegation visited pjoinfs of interest
including the Empire jStatje buildT
ing, Times Square, .Billy Rose’s
Diamond Horseshoe and the Latin
Quarter. Many Aggies took their
first subway ride which is quite an
experience.
After the New York excursions
the students returned by an Amy
freight. supply vesjsel, which was
fbi; many Aggies their; first ocean
cruise, to Ft.. Eustia. The ttip took
about 24 hours and- many cases
of -^sea-sickness left the students
weary but experienced!. \
Friday night we attended the
first UOTC dance at vj'hich every
one had a good fimej and! made
numerous acquaintances.
System Receives i
Research Gifts
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Two money giftsanp one live
stock gift have bfjen made recent
ly Ito the A&M Syatefi. \
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Lancaster Writes
Part of New Book
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Robert R. Lancaster, pasture
specialist with the A&M Agron
omy department, has furnished
information for a new book recent
ly published byj Turner E. Smith
and- Company, | Atlanta, Georgia.
The book is, titled '‘Pastures",
an s d Lancaster furnished informa
tion iqr the "jGrasslands of the
Southwest” section.
‘‘This new book will be used as
a text for Vocational Agriculture
and Veterans Classes,’’ said Lan
caster. ‘‘it As not detailed enough
for college work,” he declared.
Co-authors, with Lancaster were
Edwin Janies, Associate Profes
sor of Agronomy at the University
of Georgia, Richard Bailey, Chief
of Division of Agronomy, Soil Con
servation Service, SpartanbUrg,
North Carolina, and Roland R.
Harrifc, Agricultural! Engineer,
University of Georgia.
, Lancaster was formerly a range
specialist here but was transfeired
to- the Agronotny Depprtmem) as
- .-■-,— 7— T, x Pasture Specialist about .the time
faefuring Company, Ijryan, has -the Agronomy and Range Afan-
con^ibuted $600 to the (Texas Ag- a^ementg wCre seperatCd;
rieultural Experiment Station to
be used in suppaut of riesearfh on
coMon insect control (under the
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supervision of D^j J. Ci Gaines in
the Entomology iPeparfment.
The Prairie View Reading Club
haaankde available to Prairie View
A.diM a sum of $51.50 fo be used
in the purchase I6f books for the
library. $
Rrbert A. Dpnks of Crosby,
Texas, presented one | Brahman
heifer to the Agricultural Exper
iment Station tofbe used in con
nection with the dairy breeding
project. || • ■ (; j
Ini addition tepi the gifts three
ranchers have sloaned Brahman
cattle for use hrtihe breeding pro
gram. J. T. (iirrett, Danbury,
has loaned two Brahman hulls and
one female, and F. W.! Neuhaus,
Houston, has looped one bull and
one female of t^fe .Brahihan breed
for Use in beef |>veeding projects.
L. M. Slone, Baj^City, has loaned
one feroale Bratinian ancf one bull.
The female Will &e used In connec
tion with dairy weeding while the
bull will be used *in the beef breed-
be issued collectors certificates^
which will allow' them to br|hg
Governor I their collected plants anfcl atuntal
aor Hogg specimen across the border
tney return! on
Governmenfe Employees
Reach Newr High
WASHINGTON, July 11—UP>-
number of government employees
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Buried in Bryan
Mrs. L. W., Briiiain.jSl, otjCol-
lege Station was bm'ieid in Bryan
City cemetery at 3 p. ;m. Sunday.
She died early Saturday morning
after a long illness.
-- Surviving are her husband, L. W.
Brittain i&d one son, Alrtlutr Brit
tain of Tuscon, Arizona, two grand
children and three brothers,! H.
M. Wilson and Willie Wilson of
Houston, and B. L. Wilson of Den
ton. L. \Y\ Brittain is a college
employee, working in Sbisa hall.
Born in College Station on Sep
tember 29, 1897, Mrs. Brittain: had
lived in this community all! her
life. She |was a member of the
First Christian Church.
Services were cpnducted byi the
Reverend S. Allan Watson, pastor
of the First Christian Church..
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- LOpG BEACH, Calif.,—CP>.
Eipnr|i, five-ton cirtus elephint,
picks; the dog-gonedest times
chhn||e her mind.
La|t night her trainer, Geobge
King; tried to get her up a ra mp
ipto fin auditorium for a childn n’s
befiellt performance., ’
But Emma, who stands nine feet
seveiy inches high, proved to be
tod b|g to get through the tum el-
liky device, so King decided tie’d
make! her get down on her knjes
anil drawl through.
• Kil^went weir until Emma je-
ciijecEto stand up; The ramp hr rst
opbn j and the 55-year-old < pac iy-
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Inch. Send all classifieds with remit-..
tance to the Student Actlvltle* Office.
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LOST—Tan wallet. Thursday/|vtl*lnlty of
Laundromat. , Reward ' offered. Return
to>. Student Activities Office. ; • hi
defmf! remained lodged there in
spl
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splintered wreckage until workers
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Foi 1 the remainder of the
iormgncesy Emma will do hei
outside the auditorium.
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FOR SALK—G. E
Good condition.
View.
Regrinerator,
Se* afh-3-y,
J50.00,
Col leg*
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FOR SALE—Studio co»i;h and 'nig 128.00.
1035 Std. Chevrolet |1180. 1
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FOR -SALE^-IO acres fronting—800 ft. on
new Highway 6, nine miles south of
College. Plenty of tr*4s and good fish
pond. 950. . Terms 196.00 Cash and
J10.00 per month. • '■ ‘
Economic
Condition Better
Austin, Tex., July n—iti}
The Texas Employment Cbfnrrjis-
siqn said yesterday that a review ■ col l 1 „ ! '! r f d ^ Klng * nud °; Porter,.Boy
•J i •'» . ®nri n rtlii am Plnm« TR (1.
dflthe first five months pf i he
FOR SALE—Ptnto pony with saddle and
bridle, very ge«G* ; 160.DO., Year-old
yegr shows Texas to be in | better
eePndmic condition] than ; a maj ir-
itj- of other states.!
; 'pie TEC reported new appli
tiojns for jobs dropped: from
dally average of 1,800 in Febtu-
ary to' 1,400 at the end of May.
First! claims for unemployment n-
sufahee averaged 659 daily in F< b-
ruary but decreased to 484 daily in
May.;
tajhs on local TEC offices l of
noh-qgricultural wrorkers increas ed
from a daily average of 1,531 in
Atyrch to 1,818 in May.
TEC figures show a total of
94I18B.active applications for wo^k
and Golden Plume—450—75. ,U
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kOR SALE -5 room home.” Fafinished or
unfurnished. 232 F.dstier, Colfiege Hills,
j. Call .4-9784. '■'Hi
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FOR SALE—Attractive 3 bedroom house,
by owyc/r, W. C. Raemussenii O. I.
Loan, lit Kyle St., College fSlls.
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Sailors Ask For
“Attack Bonus”
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San Francisco—<M—'The Bailors
union of the Pacific^ (AFL) said
if has asked for an "Attack Bonus’’
fpr members sailing ships in Ori
ental waters whbre : they are in
"danger of attack.” i ' •
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WANTED—Wgrit' to
houe* or apartm^nf,
RJdgewai, Cteamland,
all furpished
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College Sta
FOR RENT—:
tyn, Bryan.-Inquire
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BUSINESS SERVICES
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parte. ■' Phone 2-0705. THE BCjftll
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Laundromat Equipped . .
One Half Hour Laundry :
Open Daily J:30 a.m.
Last Wash Received Monday
7:00 p.m. — Sat. 3:30 p;l*j
Other Days 6:30 ? p.m.
Starching A) Drying Facllililfts
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BRYAN MOTOR
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Uranium Production
Down Fifty Per Cent
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Washington, July 11—-CP) - - The
The Atomic Energy Commission
said today unit cost of producing
uranium-235, a' major component
—federal, state ihd local—reached of the atomic bomb, has de-
a three-year high in April, the
A'ugust 26, DayislcensijR bureau reported today. Th
■- ■ ' j ‘tbtoli was 6,219,(fO.
creased 50 per cent since January
1, 1947,. at the Oak Ridge, Tenn.,
plant.
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they’re Milder, much Milder/’
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embers of his stftff are inspecting i
ortar crew of the
Battalion
Texas National Gbard. It w^i
for the 36th Division,
camp held at North Cki
month. Members of 1
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36th Div; an unidentified
Taylor Wilkins, commander
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