The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 23, 1949, Image 5

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Lot of Coffee, ’
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BY RADER WINGET
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New York —Can a man get
rich selling a cug of coffee for a
nickel?
That argument right now is
steaming up hotter| than a cup
of Java in January.
Restaurant men, coffee dealers
and customers don’t need a cup of
coffee to keep them awake while
they debate the cost of . serving it.
Continued increases in the price
of coffee beans are causing the
pinch on the nickel cup.
What started the whole thing
originally was not enough rain in
Brazil. Brazil
per cent of our
cut the supply,
era in South a;
TTr
in South and
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drank before th
edf demand.
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This kind of tug of jl
supply and demand re«
thing—a price increase
the line for coffee. !
The time-hone
coffee is slowlj
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Nov. Agriculturist
Soon On Stands
two page length stories contribute
by students frthn John Turletd
College and Arlington State Co
to aaraa-
1. Administration 2$. Hart Hall
t. Museum 27. Guion Hall
3. Agr. Eng. 28. Bluell Hall
4. Vet Med. 29. Goodwin Hall
SB. T. M. C. A.
31. Mitchell Hall
32. Law Hall
6.. Animal
Industrie*
4. Animal
Husbandry
7. Agriculture
8. Franci* Hall
9. Chemistry
10. Petroleum Eng.
11..Library
35.. Aggieland Inn ‘ Meas Hall
36. Hospital
37. Walton Hall
12. Cotton Seed Lab. J? 0 *!* ”*!! 64 ‘ 00140,1 Mkt -
'19. Moore Hall (16)
40. Dorm 16 gg ;
41. Dorm 17
42. A.A.A. r
13. M. E. Shop*
14. Science
15. Experiment
Station ' r -
16. Extenaton Serr. «• Pott °« le * 69. M.P. R.R. Depot
« 17. Phyaica
18. Pfeuffer
19. Academic
20. M. E. Bldg.
2]. Exch. Store
22. Milner
2*. Legett
24. Rom
26. Foster
44. Dorm II
45. Laundry
46. Power Plant
47. Fire Station
48. Aaro. Bldg.
The November edition of the: another concerns overstock...^,
Texas A&M Agriculturist will be I pbnds. The fish pond management
available next week according to, bees and will be accompanied b;
Jim Park, editor of the magazine. | an article on bees and bee keeping.
Park enumerated some of the in-: Another feature of the magazine,
teresting and timely articles that j beginning with tHis i issue, will
will appear in this issue.
A feature by C. 0. MeLeod is
entitled “Deer in Texas and Our
Problem”. This article ;s directed lege, announced Park,
to the deer hunters in Texas and Park also reports that othpr
is well worth the reading time re- articles will appear that will be in
quired, Park said. I teresting to everyone interested in
The results of experiments with : agriculture. , j
wheat-germ oil by the Dairy Hps-j Btjat TU-
bandry Department are published
in an article entitled “The Uniden
tified Factor” by Bee ' Landrum.
Park pointed out that the experi
ments show that wheat-germ oil
is not a cure-all Tor sterility in cat
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“Gulf Coast Paradise?” by F.
D. Connell is another article fea- epnstruction here by Consolidatpti
tured in this issue, said Park. (Western steel Corppratiop will be
This article deals with agncul- built, in Oramre instead. ’> !
loops
fi on* cent a cup f<
itself. Add to that one
lalf cent a cup f<
wahTJ™,:
“■n—or cream mixed
at brings the t
cup.
Overheads Adds'Up
there is restaurant over-
' led. That's the m .tt
f . i to their cup and not be cheated.
f . The Waldorf-Astoria hotel_ charges
for a pot that holds two
V.ey frown on half-pot or-
’*'he difference between .the
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A $5 million pipe miill planned for
tural problems of the Gulf Coast.
The center spread in this issh.e
is a story of a football trainer who
became disgusted w;itb his job. He
began farming 'from the bottom
with a few head of grade cattle.
The football trainer now has a
show farm known throughout the
built, in Orange instead.
Alden G. Roach, Los Angelas,!
79. PMjeet Boom
71. 3.P. B.R. Station
72. bofra*
Natatorinm
73. Mathodiet ,
49. Spence Hall 0) Church
60. Kieit Hall (2) 74. Church of ChrUt
Jl. Brian Hall 43) 78. BapUit Church
62. Fountain Hall(4) 76.
53. Gainer Hall (6)
A&M COLLEGE OF TEXAS
COLLEGE STATION
1945
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Consolidated president, announced;
the' change Tuesday following tbe
company’s purchase'of the govetfn-
ment-built shipyard operated jatl
Orange during the war by Cortsdli-
doted. ■ H . {
Announcement of the! sale was <J*nts
South. Nat Kenny, associate editor I made Monday in Washington. Pur- "
of the Agriculturist, is the author | chase price was $l,00t,00(). The
plant cost the government $8 liil-j
lion.
Consolidntecl, a United St” 1 *"
Steel Corporution, suhsjidiary,
nounced October 5 it would erect
large diameter pipe mill on a 78f|!
street nickel cup and the 40
CM Waldorf pot i» pruMpally
V preat number of 'rostauranti' r "‘
J y get 40 cups to the pound -
• paying up to 75 cents a
md for coffee. Forty cups is"
at.what the average housewife •
i fifom 'her coffee. The costs,
*rp’ 2 - ‘
A t.d^rr.t.ou.aM L
'l>ayh mound 40 dents, a quart for .
‘ :nt cream. At 32 ounces to the '
art and one ounce j>er cup, that,
is about IVfc cents a cup Tor cream.
iSugar is harder to figure. One
a*staurant estimates sugar at not
more than cent a customer.
Prom that you can deduct a saving
'or overweight customers who shun
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: of the article entitled' "From the
Bottom Up”.
Two lliow-to-do-it Articles will
appear in this issue, according to
Park. One is on planting pecan
trees entitled “Plant One In Your
Back Yard”' by J. G. Sahul, and ‘acre site near the Houston ;
sugar. _ 1 , .
That amounts to a cost of 4 cents
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With quality Ifke that, and with
overhead being! what it is, the
charge for such a cup is 10 to 15
Cents. The big boost in the cost
of roosted coffee takes only a
small slice out of profits.
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story is entitled “Fish Want To
Be Big” and was written by B.
J. Henderson.
The magazine cover features
channel. The company purcha
the site in May 1048.
Traffic control plans for Thursday i ing areas number two and area to corner of Houston Street and Lub-
have been completed, Fred Hick- j the left of parking area number hock Street on Houston Street go-
man of the Campus Security Of- one closed. Space directly above ing west, at the corner of Hous-
fice announced today. the area to the left of area num-> ton Street and Lamar Street on „
All parking areas" are shown on! her one will be open for parking. Hquston Street going west, and east | people not familiar with the cam-
the accompanying map with park-1 Barricades will be placed at the of the comer of Houston Street 1 pus from circling and causing traf-
and the West Gate entrance on
Houston Street. Purpose of these
barricades is to speed traffic go
ing out East Gate and to prevent
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to serve you. Call immediately for prompt
delivery anywhere.
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Exhibit Displayed
At Exchange Store
An art exhibit will be 'on dis
play in tlje Show windows of the
Exchange Store November 28, 29,,
and 30. Thp exhibit consists of
work by members of the Gallery
Committee, a group of students,
faculty arid staff members';
Paintings in the exhibit include
some oils by Dr. C.. B. Campbell,
water colors and pastels by two
students and several pencil and
charcoal drawings. All work has
been donei by members of the club
whp had 'no previous instruction
prior to October 1, 1949.
For the! most part, the scenes
are still-life subjects and scenes
around the campus. All are com
pletely original.
The Gallery Committee is an
art club shondored by the Memorial
Student Centir. Instructor is Mrs.
Ralph L. Terry, who extends a
cordial invitation to anyone inter
ested to join the group.
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ECA Okays Purchases
Washington, Nov. 23, (A*)—The
Economic Cooperation Administra
tion today approved the purchase
by France and Turkey of $17,-
760,000 worth of corn 'and wheat
from American suppliers.
Francei was given $11,600,000
Marshall! jplan funds. Turkey’s
grant totaled $6,160,000.
fic jams, Hickman said. K
Directional and parking area
signs will be set up and extra po
lice and state patrolmen will be on
hand to direct traffic.
Beat TU
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Shannon Is Prexy
Of Ex-Tarletonites
William R. Shannon was elected
president of the Former Tarleton
Students Club Friday nighj.
Thomas L. Peacock was elected
vice-president, Jim Tom House,
secretary-treasurer; Joe Lengmon,
reporter; Herman Thompson, so
cial chairman. |
A constitution for the club was
adopted at the meeting and com
mittee appointments were made,
said Peacock.
The election of a club sponsor
was delayed until the candidates
can attend a meeting. These meet
ings will be held on the first and
third Thursdays of each month,
said Peacock.
Today’s announcement siJkj -the wes
same plant now will be built at the
Orange site, with .an output of
100,(|00 net tons! of 24 inch: or
aha, W)
1 er-horse
nrn widi
to merge
icrger
CARL HILL
Aggie End
larger electric welded and expand
ed steel pipe. The capacity jwas
said to he sufficient Lo turn i out
about 50 miles of fnich pipe mwith*.
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Roach’s announcement was made
through the company’s Texasi of-
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Roach said the; company pyevt-
ously had tried to! buy the shipyard
and that an offer made last ;Majf|!
had been accepted conditional^’ by
the War Assets Administration jri
July.
The plan, he said, \tos rejected!
i by the Department of Justice.
Consolidated,’ Roach ^did, decid-
d to withdraw, its ^fer for the
_ lan and proceed with plans td
build in Houston, A congressional
resolution October 25, '.directed
WAA to sell the shipyard to; Con
solidated., ' a ;j . ' | :j
| Preliminary work already hail
l)een started at the ship channel
Site. ' I ,T
Fanciers of the
“all - purpbsp
terday officers of
alter Horse Breed-
Acid Tests Required
Of Baylor U. Cook
WACO, Tex.—lA*!—Baylor Uni
versity posted two requirements in
the final examination in a course
in cooking.
1. The student has to cook a
meal.
2. She has to eat it.
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Roach said construction pf th* A
pipe mill at Orange will make a vc
ipore economical operation. |
a single big association.
Omaha yes
the National Qua
el's Association canvassed voies
from its iriembej'ship and announced
the group—wpuld join with the
American Quarter Horse Assoqia-
tion and the American Quarter
Honje Racing Association in foi*m-
ing one big unit of 15,000 mem-,
hers, known ; as . the Ameritiun
Quarter Horse Ansociation.
Hereafter one registry or ‘'stud
hook" will include all the 28,000
hoiwes previously covered in 'thij
bool^s of the three groups. Nation*
offices will he rnaintoihed at Airt)
riflp, Tex. , f,
The quarter horse is defined i
ranchers of the west and south
an “all purpose western sadd'Je
horije that can be used as u cut
ting horse, caif.ropinft horse, cow
pony or a short distance race
hotoe.” !| : . ^
The final action to the con-
sdlulation will be taken next Maruh
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sspciatioiL meets at Amarillo tp
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Texas Back
National Guard Gains
1,162 Men in Drive
Austin, Tex., Nov. 23, (A*)—The
Texas National Guard has gained
1,162 new men since its recruiting
campaign began Sept. 19, State
Adjutant-General K. L. Berry an
nounced today.
The gain brings the guard’s tot
al strength to 15,909.
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