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• - r W w i-'.- . , fK. -X- Justices Refuse Reviewing Of Gag Rule Crime Action i Washington, Jan. 1(*—UP)—The Supreme Court today refused to review a decision which struck down Baltimore’s unique gag rule on crime news. The court’s refusal was announr ced in an unusual opinion by Jus tice Frankfurter. It said the tri- ■■ bunal’s action “simply means that fewer than four members of the court deemed it desirable to review a decision of the Maryland court as a matter of ‘sound judicial discretion.’ n . JJ 7 ! In addition to nullifying the gag rule on crime news the lower court .decision—given by the Maryland Court of Appeals—also upset con tempt convictions of three Balti- nfore Radio stations and a radio newscaster. I f Frankfurter said "a variety of considerations” figured in the Tri- • - - - ihe court’s findings. bunal’s refusal to review the stale Then he went on to say that ope thing that can be said with cer tainty about the refusal to review, “is that it does not remotely imply approval or disapproval pr what was said by the court of appeals of Maryland.” The crime news curbs i are tot forth in rule 904 of the Baltimore Supreme Court bench. Among other things they ban pretrial!puUication of confessions in pending 5 Radio stations WFR£, WCBM and WITH and newscaster Jam4* P. Connolly were held In contempt because they broadcast news about a confession given by Eugene H. James, The^ broadcast was made before James, a Negro, was coii- l - . f ; ■ H Editors Announce Annual Deadlines' ; Several deadlines for-Aggieland 1960 material—Vanity - Fair nom inees, Senior Favorites pictures, class section pictures of graduate students ; and corps students, and reservations for organisation sec tion space—are rapidly drawing near, the co-editors of the year book have announced. All seniors who plan to enter nominees for Vanity Fair honors imust leave their names with the secretary in the Student Activities. Office by Saturday, January 14. This action is, necessary in order for the ' planning on the annual to go ahead as scheduled, the co- editors said. . The three 5x7 inch glossy points or each nominee will not have to be turned in at the Student Ac tivities Office by .Saturday as pre viously announced, but ~ a senior entering a girl will have to sub mit her picture as spon after Sat urday as is possible. Senior Favorites pictures (6x7 inch glossy busfl prints) are to be submitted by Saturday, January"14. Both these pictures and Vanity Fair nominations will ctot $1.50 per entry. Make-Ups Are Set The period beginning Thursday January 18, and ending Saturday, January 28, will be set aside for make-up pictures, the co-editors „ added. Campus corps students will complete their regularly scheduled picture taking period on the first date.. • r ' T——r— — Pictures are to be made at the Aggieland Studio, ahd the person nel at the studio have said that make-ups can be taken of corjw and graduate students right now, unless there happen to be too marly regularly scheduled persons wait ing to . have pictures made at tljie time make-ups come in Graduate students can have pi tures made from now until Jan uary 28, the co-editors said. Noi- dorps undergraduate students com pleted their schedule before Chris t-j mas, they added. Reservations Must Be Made Reservations for space by organ izations must be made by Saturday, January 21, the co-editors saijd. However, the reservation can pe made for any time from now unjtil March 1, the yearbook heads added. Full details on which organiza tions and groups must pay for their space .Arts and Sciences Council, Agriculture Council, Engineer Council, etc., do not have to pa|y) can be obtained at the .Aggieland 1950 or the Student Activities Of fice. Organizations, wishing to include mid-term graduates in their pic tures will have to make arrange ments immediately, the po-editprs emphasized. Details on the ma terial to be included in purchased space in the organization section of the annual can be obtained from the yearbook editors, thejy said. The Aggieland co-editors concluded by stating that page prices were $50 victed of killing an 11-year-old white girl. Jan es was hanged last August. The contempt fines ranged from $100 to $600. The Maryland court in throwing out the contempt convictions said the news curb waa “in the nature of censorship.'j The state had contended that early announcement of the James confession prevented a fair jury trial for him. But the appeals court said, “we find no direct evi dence of prejudice in the commun ity because of the broadcast infor mation. Trials cannot be held in a vacuum hermetically sealed against rumor and report. If a piere disclosure of- pe general nature of the evidence relief oh would vitiate a subsequent trial,* few ver- diets could stand.” • 1 Frankfurter wrote a 25-page opinion to explain the High Tribun al’s refusal to go into the matter at this time. His opiniop included eight pages citing recent English de cision dealing with cases in which publications were said to have af fected prosecutions of crimes. Frankfurter said be referred to these cases “njierely for the pur pose of indicating the kind of ques tions that would have to be faced were we called upon to pass on the limits that the 14th Amendment places upon the power of speech to safeguard the fair administra tion of criminal justice by jury trial from mutilation or distor tion by extraneous influences.” The 14th Atnendment to the U. S. Constitution saws no state may make any law which abridges priv ileges or immunities of citizens of the United States. It also says no state may deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person the equal protection of the laikrs. ^ w ■ 1 yesterday, tilts sche- Hornak to Speak To Brazos ROA The BrazOs County Chapter of the Reserve Officers Association will hold the January meeting on Thursday evening January 12th, in the Petroleum Lecture room at 7:30 p» m. Captain V. J. Homak, Inf. Re serve, will be the guest speaker for the meeting. Captain Hornak has just returned from two and one-half years service with the Export-Import Agency, Foreign Trade Division, in Munich, Ger many. Reserve officers attending the b , „ meeting will be credited with one for a full and $26 for a; half pad*, point for inactive duty training. i d Report of Condition! of COLLEGE STATION I STATE BANK * '3 1 ' ii ! j ' I | ' College Station, Texas atthTclose of business Dec. 31,1949, a State banking institution organized and operating under the banking laws of this State and a member of the Federal Reserve System. Published in accordance with a call made by the State Banking Authorities and by the Federal Reserve Bank of this Dis trict. j * ASSETS Ml III J Gash, balances with other banks, including reserve balance, and cash items in process of collection..... ....$ 392,115.52 United States Government obligations, direct and guaranteed 431,028.59 Obligations of States and political subdivisions'... i —. 13,800.00 Corporate stocks (including $1950.00 stock of ~ Federal Reserve bank) J. 4... 1,950.00 Loans land discounts (including $3924.82 overdrafts). J—- 476,725.83 Bank premises owned $35,850.00, furniture and fixtures $14,000.00 ....I ;— 49,850.00 Real estate owned other than bank premises..... i... 1.00 Other assets —— | x— 2,440.00 '• Total Assets ixi 4...$!,867,910.94 V' J : \ LIABILITIES ' - I Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, and 1 fc corporations ,..J —-4:4 826,221.83 Time deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations 80,000.00 Deposits of United States Government (including postal savings) ...——........ - Deposits of States and political subdivisions. Other d deposits (certified and officers’ checks, etc.)... ..... TOTAL DEPOSITS $1,294,053.31 Other liabilities — — 4.- t ~f Total Liabilities (not including subordinated obligations shown belo ‘ T . .f ’ 110,600.56 273,119.78 4,111.14 108.00 obligations shown below) $1,294,161.81 1 CAPITAL ACCOUNTS : Capital* ' is ided.pi TOTAL Surplus ... Undivided rofits —l CAPITAL ACCOUNTS Hi- —tp- Total Liabilities and Capital Accounts. Common stock with total par value of .$50,000.00 MEMORANDA Assets pledged or assigned to secure liabilities and for -other purposes ... L.u|x..x, I, THOMAS W. LEE, Oaahter, of th«r above-namod bank, herwby certify above atatementr Is true: ^ • J ' / CORRECT'—ATTEST: Thomas W. Lee. - V (BEAL) X State of Sworn to ; day of Janu $ 50,000.00 15,000.00 8,749.63 .$ 73,749.63 $1,867,910.94 .. 415,000.00 that the 1#5(1 I \ K Directors Brazos as: fore me this 6th Lois Bethea Notary Public By^RANK; N. MANITZAS Quarterfinal flag football games came off as scheduled and in the semi-final duled for Thursday wil fantry against A Qua while in the other gamp A Infan try’s nine goes up against B Infan try.!' j E Infantry reached the semi-fin- al round with a 6-0 win over the Senior Company. The paddlefeet scored under the direction of their able quarterback, W. R. Barber, who called a tricky, literal pass play which clicked frpm the 6- yar<] line. A QMC edged B Engineer* by four penetration* with Bud Yeager, Rophomore of QMC, turning in a very creditable perfontiance. Boh Shubert called the play* for the Quarterma*ter [ team. A Infantry’* win oveif the fight- ing airmen of H Flight proved to be one of the most topsy-turvy game* of the season. Both teams played a hard game offensively with little thought glyqn to de-j fense. John Hill, the n)ainstay of the airmen, completed a thirty yard pass to Roy Dollar on the Infantry’s twenty ward line. The next pass by Hill was intercepted by the Infantry who tallied for their first score. A1 , Infantry scored again, j kicked i the extra point, and beat H Air Force 13-0. B Infantry reached the semi finals with a close, hard fought victory over A Coast Artillery, 6-2. The artillery never ceased to fight until the final whistle. Bill Couch and Bob Smith are only two of the A Coast team and others of the Infantry who played fine ball in the best game of the day. Spiders in Basketball Finals Intramural basketball is rest ing easy in its final stages, with the D Infantry Spiders waiting to meet the winner of the H and E Air Force game for the basketball championship^! The Spider quin tet sparked by Newt Bonner, high scorer with 8 points,! won their seventh basketball gahie of the year with a 15-12 win over A Cav alry. Aiding Bonner on the back- board was right guard Val Ben nett, who scored four points. Dick Vehon of A Troop led the Cavalry with six points. Box Score j D Infantry Spiders (15) FG FT PF TP Tex Avrett 1 Newt Bonner 4 Val Bennett 2 Mike Lindner 0 George DuBose 0 Totals 7 1 1 15 A Cavalry (12) FG FT PF TP Dan Waddell- 2 0 0 4 Dick Vehon .4. 3 0 0 6 Ira Johnson j 0 0 0 0 Bill Moon ...j 10 0 2 Dave Nelson ]..... 0^. 0 0 0 Totals 7 0 0 12 In the club league of intramural basketball, the Marketing and Fi nancing Club downed the Busi ness Society, 21-19, to win the League Club Championship. Lou Woods of the Business Society and Tal Margan of the Marketing Club tied for highpoint honors with LTLABHEB Shadow w Without I n Ct was NICE,WHEN , T> EV LET US KICK THEM AFKXJN'-BUT ONCE THEY J KICKIN' US ABOUND- DEV W* TOTAL. Graduates Picked In Forest Service The appointment of two grad uate forester* ha* been announced by A. D. Folweller, director of the Texas Oorest Service. The appoint ment became effective Jan. 1. Richard M. Townsend will be district forester at Lufkin, ac cording to Folweiler. Townsend wHl be In charge of all field work for the Texas Forest Service in a six county district including Angelina, Nacogdoches, Shelby, San Augustine, Houston and Trin ity Counties. He replaces J. Fos ter. Henry W. Rerlirtg has been em ployed as assistant nursery super intendent, Folweiler said. RerHng will temporarily be in charge of the foreest tree nursery during the absence of Larry Marshman, who was critically injured on Decem ber 15 while working at the nur sery. Later Rehling will be transferred to Conroe as project forester. Order Curtails Pay To 78,500 Reserves Under the economy order is sued by the Army, some 78,500 reservists stopped receiving train ing drill pay because of a lack of funds beginning January 1. In the Bryan-College Area the following units will no longer re ceive drill pay: 407th Infantry Battalion (Training), 4200th En gineer Construction Group (Train ing), 4004th Research & Develop ment Group (Training), and the 4608th Logistical Division (Train' ing), according to information re ceived from Headquarters, Fourth Army, Fort Sam Houston, and from the Texas Headquarters, Fourth Army, Fort Sam Houston, and from the Texas Military DiS' trict. thre4 baskets each. Upset Marks Handball The Open Handball Doubles Tourney was climaxed with an upset in the finals, when last years champs—Burr Layne and Jewell McDowell—were defeated by Jack Balderas and Powell Scheumack, 21-12, 16-21, and 21- 10. The singles division of the handball tournament remain* in the semi-final stage with McDowell set to mix with Balderas in oa« match, while Lgyratakes on Scheumack in the other final tilt. McDowell was the singles divi sion winner last year. 7 ••IV. Vlr . St THEY TEACHED US WET FOLKS DONT REE- 4 lUZE. HOW MlZZUBLE it ^ ist-be kicked around :ii l /- TDOGPArCH.V- U.-BACK n WE HAS MET OUM peekool-tar 11% gy Al SHARE O’ CRITTERS*r-, w/Four mo moeyrr - 7.. 1 BY CYNTHIA LQWRY New York—</P>—It is only fair to warn mystery story publishers that Helen Traubel ha* decided to get into the writing game. Mina Trabuel i* a singer j She i* a Wfcgnerian star of the ; pollun Opera Company many it who say she singer in the world. Shq also possesses be he Mystery Story Field Gets Writer; Opera Stqr eiv • - y. Tlnoi is the Metro- ere are bent one of the detective atory of the aeMon.” ; Roughly, and the word is cho sen well, the plot concerns a met ropolitan opera Star with an enor mous laugh who adore* detective storlee. Her m«n*ger-hu*hend in vite* all the nation'* top mystery- story writers like Erie Stanley Gardner! Ellery Queen, Hex Stout, to a party at their home. There transpires an event in volving a trained canary renders uncon|scl<nis all th< is-fun eruftsnlen. There Is silent! redheaded police I named Hum Quentin who fim deduces that Hrunhllde. WagiSer, our heroine, just wanted to take * all the natiim’s detective story V writers out of circulation l< lig’i. enough to glv rher a chance to have “Mortimer” published. loudest, most infectious laughs ex tant and a frightening love of practical jokes. She absorbs de tective stories the way opera stars are reputed to demolish whipper cream pastries Sh i has now completed her first detective story, a 6,500 word liter ary Hors D’Oeuvre designed to whet appetites for her major opus. Tlie first novel is “The Ptomaine Canary,” and what a psychiatrist would make of it bodes ill for other suspense novel writers. She is determined to call her second novel, “The Pose Mortem of Mortimer Poet/' which gives you an idea. MiSs Traubel is having her first work, printed privately: 25 copies in limp leather. Suitably autographed, they will be sent as Christmas presents to intimate friends. To facilitate reviews, M|ss T. has Written her own criticisms In advaice, and will include them on a fly leaf. She has the Saturday Review of Literature proclaiming: “Three cheers for this high tension yarn Piravda, she alleges, called It “upper class propaganda.” News paper reviews are confined mer ly (o “Yes!” “No!” and “Best Traylor and Cole Head Fish, Gamers J. D. Traylor of Temple and L. B. Cole of Ft. Worth were named to head the Fish and Game! Club for the coming semester at a meeting of the club last; week. Chosen to succeed Bob McAdams, retiring president who will ;grad- uate at the end of this semester, Traylor was formerly vice-presi dent of the group. Cole was elect ed to fill the; vice-president j post left yacant by the changei i A committee composed: of; Jack Ingli i, Rex Mace, and Bill jul'an was appointed to make planis for the Annual wildlife convention to 1 in March. What’s Cooking Id at San Francisco (“"('tit/ "Coke” In New Haven, George and Harry's is a favorite student gathering spot At George and Harry’*—Coca-Cola is the favorite drink- With the college crowd at Yale, as with every crowd — Coke belongs. Ask Jor it eMer wey ...both trade-marks mean the same thing. . \ v ' ; >' * •OTTICD UND€t AUIHOMTY Of TMf COCA-COU COMPANY «Y BRYAN COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY i 1 : - LETTERMEN - | Continued from Page 3) Spencer, Pasadena and Dwayne Tuckjer, Waco. J f Guards.—Max Greiner, HouBton; Carl jMolberg, Fredericksburg; Elo Nohsjvitza, El Campo and ly. T. Lampasas. iters.—Bob Bates, Ft. Worth; Jimmy Flowers, Dallas; James Fowler, Temple and Hugh Meyer, Gainesville. Quarterback. — Dick Gardemal, Port; Arthur. :ka. — John Christensen, . Yale Lary, Fort Worth; Lippman, El Campo; Doyle Austin; Charles McDon- Arthur; Charles Royal- port; Robert Shaeffer, El Billy Tidwell, Heame, ka.—Bob Smith, Hous- Cl&rence Lawson, Wichi- AFS-ASME, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 7:30 p. m., Room 303, M.. E. Building. Joint meeting to hear speaker. Agricultural Engineers, Tues day, January 10, 7:3d p. in., AG Eng. Lecture Room. AGRONOMY SOCIETY, 7:30 Tuesday, Jan. 10, in A&I Lecture room. AMATUER RADIO CLUB Tuesday, January Ip, 7! ip. ni., Foster Hall. . 1 - J f|. ij; BRAZORIA COUNTY CLUB, Thursday, January 12; 7:30 p. n)., Room 24 Academic Building. BRUSH COUNTY CLUB, Thurs- day, Jan. 12, 7 p. m;, Room 304 Academic. Building. DEL RIO CLUB, Thursday, Jan uary 12, 7 p. :m., Reading Room YMCA. BUSINESS SOCIETY, Aggie land ’50 pictures, Wednesday, 5 p. m., steps of Agriculture Bldg. BUSINESS SOCIETY, Dinner Dance, Finfeather Club, 8 p. m., Thursday. Buy tickets from club CORYELL !i COUNTY CLUB, 7:30 p. m., Thursday January: 12, Room 125, Academic Bldg. Election of officers and plans for party. ENTOMOLOGY SOCIETY, Tuesday, Jap.'19, 8 p. in., Room 10, Science Hall. Dr. H. F. Kipling will speak. GEOLOGY CLUB, Tuesday, Jan uary 10, 7:30 R. m., Petroleum Lee- mnt oily ru<r, y tore Room. Er. W; B. Wnthor will speak.' 1 HANDICRAFT GROUP of the* College Women’s Social Club, Tuesday, Jar., )0, 9:30 a. m., YMCA Cabinet Room. Ed Raybohi of A&M ! (Industrial Education • Dept, will speak; • INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION WIVES, Tuesday; Jan. 10, 7:30ip., m., South Solarium, YMCA. Elec tion of officers. JUNIOR CHAPTER. AVJ/tA AUX. regular meeting Wednesday- night, Jan. 11, 7:30 p.m., Sokith Solarium, YMCA. Election of. of ficers. j KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, Thursday, Japuary 12, 7:30 p.'m., St. Mary’s Chapel in Basement, NEWMAN! Clj,UB, WedhesHay, January 11, 7:16 :p. m.,.CE Lecture Room. PANHANDLE CLUB, ThursjdaY, January 12, 7:15,'Lounge of ijorm 1. Plans *for picture and piirty will be discussed. S. A. M., Tuesday, Januanf 10, 7:80 p. m., room 301, Goodwin Hall, Dick Pripe, speaker; plec-» tions of off Jeers for Spring; se mester. ' «, • SPANISH pLUB, Tuesday, Jan-' uary 10, 7 p. m., Room 1211 of _ Academic Ruilding. SUL ROSSI RESEARCH ClJ.UB, Wednesday, January 11, 5 p„ m., steps of Agriculture Building, coats and tier or No. 1 unifomli for Aggieland picture. • -j -I— 4f Battalion CLASSIFIED ADS Page 4 SBLL WITH A BATTALION Ct.A88IP*IKD AD. RatM ...**«• word pfcr Inurtlon with a 25c minimum. Spaoa rataa In Claaalflod SoetMa r. . . 60c par column inch. Sand all claaalflcdi with remit tance to the Student Activities Office. All adi should be turned Iniar 10:00 a.m. of the day before publication. TUESDAY, JANUARY 10,: 1950. T )fficial • FOB SALE • 1*87 cjlRVROLSr. Good condition, room 208, Dorm 14,: or Box 4818. 1*48 CUSHMAN—Perfect condition -Price! to sell — See Donald Rice. Biack’i Pharmacy. Kaat Oate. SMALL HOU8R :bn large corner tot, pity utilities. Price even you can afford. 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