City Of College Station Official Newspaper Volume 49 "P r PUBLISHED INTEREST talion GREATER A&M COLLEGE \ i ^ f——; ■■ - .. COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY,; JANUARY 12, 1950 Ml :Wrmt ¥0iW *■ Am,.. '"■A, * ni 1 Sonio of the recently elected freuhman claw* officer**: . John YnntlH, secretary; R. O. Ander son, treasurer: Kent Markey, nim'IuI Mecretmry; W. C. n-porti r-hss parliamentarian; and M. R. Dimmit, rian. Wonder If He Cheeked On The frights in Pago Pago?- The «trnnff0*t thinKs happen at The lint,talion • office in the wee, small hours. Sometimes people come thfouKh moving thinits, there's usually a hot nr throuRh lunlly a hot argument go on, and Occasionally its so I * II ' [' quiet you can ' hear points beiiiK lost. ^Tuesday niRht, thouRh, ■ there was variety. Promptly v at 11:55 the telephone rang, interrupting the co-editors fthe only stalwarts remaining) from their typewriters. C. C, Munroe lifted the phone to hear the operator’s voice sjay, “Dejposit $1.95) sir.” and, after the tisulal coin-dropping pause, “You may go ahead Sir.” “What” demanded a fuzzy voice, “is? the score of the ball garnel” -‘‘Which ball game did. you have in‘mind?” Munroe countered, cau tiously. “The TCU game with SMU”, the muffled baritone came back, “What’s. the sebre ? ” Munroe explained patiently that the AP wirfe had long since; gbne of, but that the inquiring-onh mi^ht possibly call th^ morning paper in jBryan. | j ,!■ •^Where are you calling from?” Munroe continped, thinking if he were close enough he could save a nickel by dashing, down the street. “Pennsylvania”, said the voice. Slightly taken aback, Munroe be gan figuring ways to get the dis- tantr-but-questing erne in contact with the down-town competition, whose wire runs 24 hours a day. That’s when the operator inter ceded, offered to transfer the call to the. Bryan paper, and proved that operators are indeed thought- Deadline Nears On Poll Taies The final deadline for pay ing the 1.9B0 poll tax in Jan- uarfy 31. Bjattha have been net up In both (hr t’ullego Station Bunk anil the Hryitn ImnU No that all pcimimi May pay their $l,7ft tax convient- Kveryonn between thethe ages of. 21 anti 5(1 pay muxt pny a poll tux to- purtlclpate jn the general elec tions to .bo Tteld this year. The atate exempt* persons 0(1 years of age or over, but requires them to apply for an exemptioit terti- ficute at the County Tax Collec- t<|r’s office. --Apy person who reches the age of 21 during the" year 1950 may also obtain an exemption certificate from the collector’s office. This certificate will, permit the appli cant to yote during 1950 without paying a poll tax. Uniforms Sought By RV Commander All inactive members of the Ross Volunteers who wish to ; sell their uniforms to new members were being sought today by D. P. Mc- , Clufc, commander of the, RV com- jjany. ■. I • : 4 “Several of the new members would like to buy second hand uniforms,” McClure said, “and we can probably sell those which are in good condition.” ' Men who wish to;,offer their uniforms for sale were asked by McClure;te bring them to Room 120, Dormitory 8 sometime this week. ' !*' . - 1 T r—^ ;— Filipino Heads Meet Manila, Jan. 1 '!!' •AS—Top Phil ippine comqianders met yesterday to discuss plans for strengthen ing defenses of the republic’s 7,000 - jiriiinda. ' i - ful people. The eo-tfdltors were eti the little drama at that they couldn’t help wonde^ how it ended. Did the determined cltilii find out the score? Did! enough bet on the out make it worth his askiil last, but most horribly unthinkably not least, did the Rryan papers .tell him they were fSbrry, Hut since their wire reports weify conring by way of Pittsburgh, I that ;he should phone down the Street Iqnd find out for Himself? iride Redskin’s Ready for ROTAN, Tex., Jan. li —fAb— Old Sam Baugh — the pride j of Washington—talks like tye's about to grieve that city’s football faith ful deeply. Slingin’ Sammy as much as said last night he’s ready to quit' the Washington Redskins and gdj to coaching at Baylor. There are till a couple of items to be, taken c ire of—such as getting a definite! of fer from Baylor and a release fji om the Redskins. But if the deal goes through, it couldn’t .be a lot worse—for W sh- ington fails—if the othjer 10 - ten on the Redskins’ first string all broke their legs. Sam has beeji a- round Washington longer thg. i a lot of Democrats. Baugh said at his ranch ji ear here that officials from the Baj list school at Waco have asked hit * if he’d be interested in a job as f ead coach. They need a jreplaceiji ent for Bob Woodruff, who quit last week to go to the Universitj of Florida. "I’d be Interested in the job all right if I could get things fixed up With the Redskins/’ the at - ng- beun passing wizard said. That meant he’d have to fix 1 up with George Preston Mam mil, laundrymun owner of (the Washing ton National Football:I-eagini * lub, to get out of hts ronfraet to day next season. Baugh said he didn't know whether that could be done, (In Washington, Marshall he Did n't Ite reached for comment, Ity as sociate* said he hadn't hegi' l of Baylor's advances, I Anyhow, said Ham, "I ill ntre they’ve talked to about a jilpaen other gtiys, too." j He's right. But tb* i wor g machines and caluclators lost in the blaze were t an additional $10;000, and $3,000 loss in furniture ained. A considerable loss in books and papers, both ; ?—♦■of the department and of dephrt- ment members with’ office* j in hat building was reported by)Le- ? 1 • that build limd. Th^alai ■ Harley T. May, sophomore at Sul Ross State College, Alpine, Tex as, who ’ Was recently elected president of the National Inter- te Rodeo AatediowMi. Ex-PW’s Receive Compensation Pay Ex-prisoners of war in College Station have begun to receive ap plication blanks from the War Claims Commission ito be , filed against the offending country for failure to provide adequate rations to prisoners during | the time of interment. i f Rations in Japan were considered inadequate entirely, whereas pri soners in Europe wpre considered to get complete ratiort* one day out of every [10. Underf tihe provisions of law, prisoners in Japan will receive one dollar per day and Eu ropean prisoner* 90 cent* per day for the duration of their impriaon- ment. Claim* are to be $ald from the frozen usseta of the offending na tion that have been held In thi* country *lnce December 7, 1941. Claim blank* for living ex-prL sonen* and next of kin (military and civilian) and rellgiou* organ isation* ; are being furnished through the V. F. W. POW As sociation, and the War Claim* Com mission. Anns Help Due Foi’ Tito Army rm was turned in at a. m. by Glenn G. Eimann, engineer of the college power who first smelled smoko, then the fire. Within 16 minute: volunteer fire department the scene with two pumper and the hook ami ladder tru Fourtaan fireman fought blase for approximately un hour and a half before bringing It un der control, said C. H. W ijran, chief of College Station’s file de- partment. As yet no definite plans have been made either to repair the building or to tear It down, t pence aeld. At their lest mealing the iBoard of Directors authorised a $100,- 000 extension to Francis Hull j After comptetlon, the entire bulldjing la to be turned over ,U> the Bdsines* Department) This building will be ready for uae by January of next year Spence concluded. j Classes have been changed to other buildings for the time be ing until some more permanent arrangement can be worked out. Two classrooms j and two la being equipped I in the Building and a number of will be assigned there at as those rooms are ready, stated. Rom schedule, chang classes formerly held in B are listed below. V FFA Chapter Meet# To Install Prexy . the spring semes- tne Collegiate Officers for ter were installed at Future Farmer Chapter meeting held Monday night In the Agri cultural Engineering lecture room. Members taking office were J. C, Welburn, president; Steve Lindsey, vice-president; E. C. Wil lis, second vice-president; Malcolm L. Fluitt, third vice-president; Har ry Rutherford, reporter; Sterling Lindsey, treasurer; Floyd Kerns, secretary; Henry Spalding, advis or; Macyl Orman, historian; and Tom Peacock, parliamentarian. Other business included reports from Michael Brown on the chap ter conducting demonstration at Waco and from Newton Lewis on the group of members who judged farm skills and chapter conduct ing contests held at district con tests in Flatonio thi* past week. Vernon Boykin spoke concerning the Agriculture Council, its pur poses, and problems being discuss ed by the group. Club Meet Postponed The Robertson County A&M Club meeting ‘was originally planned for tonight has been postponed until next Thursday, Jan. 19, according to J. H. Merchant, president of the club. shington, (AP) —r The 1 States probably will imited military assist- ;o Marshall Tito if the loc begins W Unit give ance Soviet-Communist bl using armed force to try; to crush “agoslavia’i independence. Whije officials hope this independence. joron’t neciessary, the National Secur ity Council; is reported j tb have cleared a stand-by, program of measures the United State* might take. These' aim at the. military field, ; supplementing aid already being jgiveij Tito in the economic and pblitic*! phases of his strug gle. ' e. In the light of the coupqir* ac- >n, the St«te Department ha* de mined what specific steV* it suld recommend to President *um*n if an emergency arose. The Security Council,: headed by the P^esldant,' is the nation'* top policyi makhig body in foreign pel- lay. The members Include secre cy. The liiembere include tary of 8t*te Achaean and tary of De To date slavla has — T , limited Ite' mlc ami political assistance, secre- Secre- *e Johnson,'rS.;. American aid to Yugo. l—_ ttrwcorto* , ^ |. American limitation* nn cNjiort- ing ((iduatrlal equipment to Com. munlHt. eastern Europe have been relaxed for Vugn.luvio, An* air transport agreement ha* been signed with fito'* government and American Influence ha* been u*cd with Wc*t»rn European countries on the to e**e economic pressured Yugoslavs. American aHsistanrn hn* been given! Tito in line with ah American policy derision that his existence as ap independent /national com munist leader is a severe handicap to Moscow and a souCco of strength to this west in the cold war. Board Reelected By College Bank . The stock holders ; of ' the Col lege Station State Bank held their annuli stock holders meeting last Tuesday evening. The present board of directors was ; re-elected. This board con sists: of S. A. Lipscomb, Harold Sullivan,' H. E. Burges*, R. K^’afWRj® T.; W. Leland, head of the De partment of Business and Account ing, was elected as an additional member to the board of directors. The present board of: directors also met and cre-elected S. A. Lib- acomb, president; Harold Sulli van, executive vice president, H. E. Burgess, vice president, and Tho- w. Lee, cashier. ?r m ; Class 101-501 101- 502 102- 503 407-324 409-270 409-345 409-378 409-500 409-501 303-214 303-227 303-231 303- B03 304- 228 304-229 304- 500 305- 226 306- 227 305-319 305-501 305- 503 306- i229 306-602 310-228 322-600 418-232 418-500 420-325 420-329 425-320 125-500 428.500 480.500 L Tim*; MWF8 MWF10 TThSlO TThSSj ’ MWF11 TThS9 MWF9 MWF1 TThS8 •TThS8 MWF1 MWF8 MWTI0 TThSlO MWF11 TThS9 MWF8 TThS8 MWF8 MWFU TThSlO TThSll MWF9 TThS9 MWFi MWFl TThSlO TThSll MWF10 MW! MWFi M W Pit) MWPJ0 c 24 A 21 A 21 Animal Ihd. 115 Animal Ihd. 217- , Aero. Eng. 2 Academid 127 Animal Ihd. 217 Textile 102 Academid 129 Textile 102 Chemistry 306 Chemistry 320 Chemistry 9 Chemistry 306 Academid 106 Animal Ind. 115 F ■ 23 Chemistry. 306 Bolton 206 ■Chemistry 320 Chemistry 306 Textile i 102 Academ Chemist! Chemist Chemist! Bolton Animal Chemlai Ag Seniors Sought As Stock Showmen All A. H. toresteil In working at Doming Hnu*t