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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 27, 1949)
^ ■ j ■ y<? ■ i THE BATTALION THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1949 Local Unit Commanding Offi Discuses Air Reserve Pro t ; r f II The r#c«nUy. actlvntied nlr re. serve unit tor the Bryun-College Stntlon area, Flight A of the 9807th Volunteer Ahr Reserve Training Squadron, met Monday night ut College Station. Before the reor ganization of the Air Force Re serve, Flight A was the 305th Composite Squadron. Major Marvin J. Birdwell of Bryan, is commanding officer of the local unit, urged a larger at tendance at the meetings in order that the unit might secure full benefit from .the new reserve pro gram. . j f . "■ Attending the meeting to help with the organization of the new unit w>rfe Col. Olin Bell,; of the Humble Oil and Refining Com pany. Bell is also commanding of ficer of the Air Reserve group which includes the 9807th Squad ron. Lt. Slater from Twelfth Air Force Headquarters in San An tonio, liaison officer for the var ious reserve units in this group, wj£s also presented. Col. Bell discussed the aims of the new reserve program, and em phasized the fact there is now a definite program for air reservists. If attendance is adequate, he said, training flights within the unit may be set up for instruction and training in the individual reser vist’s specialty. Lt. Slater explained that hie job is to maintain a close con tact between the reserve units and the regular Air Force, and said that he will attend at least one of the local unit’s meetings each month in order to accomplish this purpose. He explained the point system by which a reservist may accumulate points toward promotion and re tirement. A minimum of thirty points, .he said, are necessary per year to retain assignment in the volunteer reserve, and a minimum of fifty points per yogr are needed V" i RAIN OR STORM . . . you can keep neat and dry for a date by call- in our taxi service . . . DIAL 2-1400 stf E ? Way taxi LL IgttrJ to count the yaftr towar njent. Points are giv»n for attendance and participation at unit meetings and for completion of extdisloni courses offered by the Air Force ih the form of corresponding tour- MB. | K 1; Lt. Slater stressed the need for more airmen, as well as officers, in the local unit! in order to carry '•1 the local unit in order to ca out the program successfully. Ellis Countymei Meet Thursday i r Li* " ^ 1 I k re-organizational meeting of the Ellis County A&M Club will be held Thursday night after yell practice in Room 307 of the Aca demic Building, acting secretary Bob Gammon saifl today. The club was. disbanded last year, Gammon said, but the chap ter has been reaffirmed by Student Activifi^s office and now must be reaffirmed by the club. . All students, either married or single, from any part of Ellis County are invited to the meeting, ihe concluded. 1 m j. • ’ T J £ A local rider in the sky parts company with his steer at the 1948 Aggie Rodeo in the Animal Husbandry Pavilion. This year’s rodeo opens Friday night otr a two night run. Nice Old Lady Knits, Reads Picks Pockets,! Burglarizes BERKELEY Calif., Oct. 12 — (JP).—There’s a sweet-faced little old lady in jail here who brags about crime the way most women her age talk of sewing or knitting. She was booked ai) Mrs. Frances Worthington, 73, wanted at'Lan- sing, Kans., for violation pf parole 9 ' - - - - - farm for women. from the Kansas State ipqustrial a well-ithurhb<id Bible Closing yesterday, she reitvlnlsced to re porters: about her j full and active life. „ [ , "You know, my dtqir, I'm one of the most accomplished pickpockets In the world. I»! forty years I have taken close ti<> half a million dollars. "It’s been a wonderful life,’’ she Sighed. "Travel |nd fun. The police are all suchj gentleman and my Bible comforts! me." j 1 Mrs. Worthington was pluekqd uff n train here ajnd "invited”! to spend 60 days in the Berkeley Jail. Police InspectoH E. F. Parker said the grandmotherly woman pad A&M and ‘Pinky’ Play Host to Lissie Boys Members of the Lissie BoyadUb of Lissie, made a tour of the cam pus Saturday. P. L. Downs, Jr., was in charge of arrangements The group included Butclj Her man, Joe Schindler, John Adkins, Dan Gerston, Victor Gorman, Les ter Herman, Horald Miller, Arthur Anderson, Jimmy Adkins, Claude Briggs, Harry Anderson, Emmett Anderson, Drank Gosnejy;, Jimmie Bell. M °r ,0 ’ i. v* h been arrested 24 times since 1910 on charges ranging from shoplift ing to arson and grand larceny. Southern Pacific agents in clined to think the total might be even higher. They said!for years she criss crossed the j country on various trains, picking a pocket here, rob bing a store there, reading her Bible everywhere, In her Jail: cell, Mrs. Worthing ton commented: "I'Ve had lauch fun. The Lord used to sit Ion my shoulder and say 'don't d<> that’ and I'd steal, but I Just couldn't pay attention. "And 1 get such comfort from my favorite Bible passage: The Lord Is my Shepherd; I shall not want. 1 never have wanted, eith er." Battalion Quarterback Club Aggie AH Student Has Own Ranches Rodolfo Perdomo, animal hus bandry student from Central America, has his post-graduate work all cut out for him, helping manage 30,000 acres in Central America. Perdomo pnd his brother own three ranches near Guatemala city, two for beef cattle and one for dairy cattle. <r Perdomo, bom in Guatemala, en tered Allen Academy to learn the | English language in 1946. In July he took a sixtweeks English course j Offered here especially Wr Latin- American students. That fall he Officially entered A&M. Lt. Blackburn Sent To Serve in Japan First Lt. Thomas W. Blackburn Jr., former student at A&iM, recent ly arrived at Yokota Air Force Base to continue his tour of duty in Japan, pccording to a public information office release from Yokota Air Force Base. Lt. Bjackburn, 26 year old son of Col. T. \V. Blackburn of the Hist Fighter Wing at Kirkland AFB, was stationed with the 6403rd personnel Section at Zwma, Japan at the time of his transfer. A war veteran of Po Valley, North Appenines, Rhineland and the aerial offense of the Balkan's, i,t. Blackburn entered the military service in October 1942 after grad uating fnwn the Riverside High ScihooT In California In 1941 and attending A&M In 1941-42, He left A&M to enter Officers Can didate School. He received h I s ccinmlHsioh as a second lieutenant ImJune 19(13 and his present gnide In May off '44. Urbanization Called Reagent Of Agriculture "The principal factor af fecting the agricultural eco nomy of Texa* are the indua* triulization of agricultural oc cupations and the movement of large portions of the rural pop ulation to cities in search of more lucrative employment with these industries/’ said C. N. Chepard- son, Dean of Agriculaure, at the Texas Nutrition Conference Thurs day afternoon. Mechanization of farming meth ods and new knowledge of how to improve and increase grass crops were also brought out by Shepard- son is important factors influence ing Texas’ agricultural economy. “A good exeample of a farm oc cupation which has been commer cialized is the fluid milk industry,” said Shepardson. He remarked that some 20 years ago the average dairy herd consisted of about six cows and that outside of larger cities there was no dairy distribu tion. “Today one finds herds with as many a 200 cows, and rural milk distribution isgreatly improv ed.” "Mechanization in cotton produc tion is increasing daily in impor tance", Shepardson said. "When the cotton picker is perfected, it will give the large operutor a de cided advantage over the marl oper ating on a small basis whe can not afford one.” An interesting point brought out by Shepardson in his talk, was that “A good example of a farm oc cupation which has been commer- even though most fanning enter prises a^e being run on a. commer cialized basis, the size of farms, on an average, have pot changed. "This can be accounted for by the increase!! number of part time far mers and by the fact that full time farm operators have enlarged their fajcilities/* he said. Engineer Scholarship Awarded ME Senior Uvalde Stocrmcr, mechanical en- gineerlng senior, has been awarded a scholarship for his senior year. The Texas Foundries Inc.,. Lufkin, selects an outstanding engineering student each year, whose prime in terest is foundry work for the scholarship. Stocrmcr, due to bo graduated in June, is chairman of the student chapter of the American Foundry- men’s Society, one of seven In the United "tates. ..... j % HEAR... DICK FREEMAN, Houston Chronicle Sports Editor sum up Southwest Conference prospects for the remainder of the season. M, SEE ; . .]I j Techni-color full length movie of— ■ r ^ ,j i • JJ j Texas A&M - Baylor Gante r FREE!... ill 1 ! 11 Prizes Awarded to Winners — IN THE QUARTERBACK CLUB SCORE TO CONTEST mst be present to win -o ;—- i iT --- ■i.: > v , : •[ ' _ J .jTv ■ t*: • . .•'te'! . . gfivji NO ADMISSIO - ■ ASSEMBLY i HALL 7:30 P. M. Thursday $ ! ! Announcing The NEW 1949-50 STUDENT FACULTY DIRECTORY COMPLETE INFORMATION ON STUDENTS INCLUDES . . . • Campus Address • Home Town • Year in College • Major Subject COMPLETE INFORMATION ON STAFF & FACULTY . . . • Department • Home Phone • Campus Phone BUYERS GUIDE ON LOCAL BUSINESSES . - i. Per Copy To get your copy of the New Directory aimply mail the coupon below to STUDENT PUBLICATIONS, Texaa A&M College, Col lege Station, Texas, Enclose 50 cents for each copy ordered. Or . . Telephone 4-5444 and leave your name and address. Your copy of the directory will be delivered to your office. Simply pay the delivery boy 50 cents per copy when he brings them, copy. ■ Student Publications , Texas A&M College ( College Station Texas 1 Enclosed is $ ,L for Copies of The New 1949-50 Student Faculty Directory ' Name .....1..J Address ...... State. i' .-'V/ l-h i ii, btftt Twenty Y The Grea By WILLIAM 1). MORGAN New York, Oct. 2(1 <*•) Twenty years ago thia week the stock mar ket crashed In a tragic ending to an era of prosperity. The Goolidge bull market died a violent death that shocked and thia nation ami financial throughout the world. . no standard by which v [• ■ to maaaura the aelling panic which crept Into Wall Stmt In cat-like alienee and rlppfd the financial dis trict wide open. Described in Kenernlitles, the market value of the nation’* pro ductive machinery plunged, in a matter of minutes, by billions of dollars. The decline lasted for three long heart-breaking year*. In human tarms tho losses could measured n the bunkr iatrucilon of foreclosed mo ;tickets. It co :lil the delibertt the new poor US Civil Service Commission To Give Vacancy Examinations The Civil Service Commission has announced examinations for filling vacancies of several types in the Federal Service. Examinations are being given for the positions of office machine opertors (including adding, address ing, bookkeeping, billing, calculat ing, card punch, graphotype, dupli eating photostat, blueprint, offset, tabulating equipment and mach ines and miscellaneous office ap pliances). Entrance salaries range from |2,086 to $5,232 per year. The Civil Service advises tha there is still a need for applican to fill vacancies in the position: of Appraiser and Construetiorj Analyst at entrance salaries rang ing from $3,727.20 to $5,232 per annum, ualified applicants ard urged to file for these examinaj tions. Employment for these position* will be with various federal agen cies in Texas. Examinations are announced for translator, boiler fireman, and pa tent advisor positions in Washing, ton D. C. and vicinity. To qualify for the translator positions, which pay from $2,724 to $8,509 a year, all applicants must pass a written general test in English. Eligible competitors in this test who apply for the French, German, Italiuh, Portuguese, and Spanish languages will be give a written test in translating as noon there after as is practicable. In addition to passing the written test, applicants for all positions, pay ing from $3,727 to $H,609 a year must have had experience In gen eral non-t«chnical translation ojr In supervision of translation work. The boiler fireman Jobs pay from $2,152 to $2,573 a year. No writtel test will be given, but an- plicants must have had from six to 18 months experience In firing stationary steam boilers or locomo tive boilers. For the higher paying ; jobs, experience must have been: acquired on boilers operating at 15 gauge pressure or higher. Age limits for these positions, 18 to 62 years, will be waived for veterans. J h 1, ’ Applications for the Translator evamination must be received ini the commission’s Washington of fice not later than November 15 applications for the Boiler Fire man examination not later than November 8, 1949: j Application forms ;for all posi tions and other information may b< obtained from thei Regional DU rector, 14th U. S. Cjvil Service Re: gion, 210 South . Marwood Street^ Dallas 1, Texas; or from Roger W. Jackson at the College Statioit Post Office. Fort Worth Club Elects Officers The Ft. Worth A&M Club ha» elected its officers for the 194iif 60 school year. Joe Simpson, senior . animi l husbandry major, was elected preii ident. Simpson, a captain bn the battalion staff, is in "D"j Con* pany Infantry. ■ j Others elected are Tbhpny Brool * man, vice-president, iaenior bus * ness major; Wallace Hooper, se i rotary, Junior chemical englnee - ing major; Bill Thompson, trea t- urer, Junior chemical engineering major; Jim Mugrudor, social so'< retarjf, senior education major;; Jimmy Woodall, reporter, senlpti animal husbandry major, and Pa Hendrix, sergeant-at-arms, fres mM geology major, j .■ Woodall urged all students fro Ft. Worth and vicinity to atte»|d the meetings. u ' ' •f ' ! • • r Attend The Inllollaraan iptfy record, lifetime saving ; res, In r*t Jr mettsu haggard dead drei wmU: he d«- •'in;, nnhop I red. too, . faces of •4ms, hr of little av«r the iirw pwrj iei umu ur the pathetic bev llderment peoph hnd big eoplo all oduntbj. Tin prelude' td panic wn* enough tojul the 10011 ‘astute flhancia! men. GovenjmW and bualness Raders palntikl the future In rO*y j j . : Tl X Th*re were k |Vw people I agreed, but suspicion. People beggM stole money jtdi p tiUJDI were vleWi borro uy stocks. nt of red to total of brokieij*" loans, which indicate*! the umou|t stbek bought Io0 [credit, s^alp an astronomical figure, 1 Stock prices! advanced until many were simply abilurb in relation to the ability of aj given company tb earn money apd pay dividends. ^ The week whSch ended October 19, 1929, was: at\ bad wjeek| for the market—but ndi- too bad.] Then next /wjbek panic Sjtruqk! The bottom literally dropped out of the market.' The ticker tape, poupding out. p ilivion for specula tors all over (H 1 world, ran hours behind the market's close in order to catch up Wi ih an avalanche at transactions. Nearly 13,000,000 share* of stock changed hands. The city’s b g bankers got to gether. finally :'i emerged. Witjh an r -v-ich certainly m announcement! f; which seemed a masterpiece of under statement. Thdy found, It seems, “a little distress selling.” The market {rallied for a while but oil Mondays* and Tuesday, Oct. 20 and 29,'the dlimax was reached. Stocks of the jcPuoti y’s leading in dustries collapsed. Sales bh ’jblack Tuesday" totaled more than 16,. 000,000 share*.| That was thh day the 'insiders, The bij? money tpen, the million. ttlfes, ; saw thfrir fortubes melt away, The little fellows had ul* ready been s4l|! out. The big fob lows 'lusted u ;few days longep. JolinsonjCo* Group Choolgeff fOf f icfcrs Election of] ^fflc^ra will b* the i. j| main event nt! the Johnson County meeting Thun 11 *d«y night, according irM contact main for l • £ :• 7 luJ to Monte flwuj tna club, j J • The club ^IJIhneet tn Room 22 Academic Building, beginning 7:80 p.m„ a Plans for a p cussed, he sal ording to HWiiel. ty will also be dls- 1- — I 2* AGGIE ■ ' ’ -i- L 1 j ;| : ! i : .>1 j ■ • A-i f J i lk - i ■j Regular Rodeo Acts - Specialty^Yctii - A Rodeo Clown Friday Night — Oct. 28 . . . ‘8:00 P. M Saturday Afternoon— Oct. 29 . . 2:30 P. Ml : Saturday Night — Oct. 29 . . 7:30 P. M, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY IaRENA 200 Reserved Seats — $1.80 ] General Admission — Adults . . . $1.20 Children . ui .60 See Window Display of Prizes At The Exchange Store ; The Exchanc ♦ / M “Serving Texaa Main Campus lli J te I I I " A T ii •if This Ad i Courtesy of f I i • e Store Alggies” A. & M ;!• ' ■7- ■>i f. ; • 7 : •i I «*• f " ■"i w