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Fourth Army Head
anking Guest
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By B. F. ROLAND
One of the| world’s outstanding
experts iritpe field of military
supply andl loiristics wijl be t!ie
ranking honor guest of the Corps
of Cadets tdniorrow.
Lt. Gen. LeRoy Lutes, com
mander of the Fourth Army,
been cited by both his own utd
the British [governments for his
work in pUinfing and directing the
supply services of the Allied armed
forces during the war.
'•■rUThe °Fo^r()h Army * commander
saw comt
ter of o*
hW*r II.
establishir
Navy Los
South Pocr
’Early 'lln/
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service in every thea-
rntions during World
was instrumental In
the first joint. Army-
I’ical Board in the
ic area.
the war he initiated
asture adequate supply
siipporjsfyfor American forces in
-England.ifPi lor to the European
ihvuslon^ne |wus called to General
Eiifenhowar’f headquarters to in*
yestigate nrid advise oh plans for
-eiipply and logistical support of
the cross-chhnnel assault.
') During the years 1944 and 1945,
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Mary Jane Luten
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Page
Miss Luten has been selected a
Cotton Pageant and Ball Duch
ess by the Architectural Society.
She is from Dallas and will j be
escorted by Charlie Jennings
senior architecture major
' from Dallas.
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A&M Debaters
Meet Pointers
On Saturday
Aggie debaters; Dan Davla and
James Farmer will meet the West
Point debate tiam of Wllllkm Wat.
son and John Shopper In the YMCA
Chapel at 8 Saturday afternoon to
argue ,«jMtlonallsution of the basic
noii'ugrlculturnl Industries of the
United States, (larryc K. Hlerth.
co-sponsor 'of the A AM Discus'
slon aniUpebaUf <
Watmm and Wtj
‘ ggle
Chib announced,
chopper will en*
n
tounter the Agulle team Saturday
afternoon. The Aggies will take the
negative case to the debate ques-
tlom “Itenolved: That the United
States Should nationalise Its haste
nou-ugrlcultural lndustrle«i ! '
Later Saturday sfternooh Wat
son an<l Schoppcr will attend the
corps review, ami that evening
. they will be gtMSts at the Military
J’l Mall. a.
' 1 Joe Fuller, president of the AAM
j.; ,• Discussion and Debate Club will
act as chairman to the debate,
Allen Watson is the only one of
|e* who hiss been
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General Lutes was again balled to
s.erve with the Headquarters of
V-he Allied Expeditionary Forces
to assist in the logisticaly opera
tions at the front.
From 1943 to 1946i he served
first as acting chief of staff,
chief of staff, and finally com-
manding general of the Army
Service Forces.
He saw service in the Pacific
Theater in 1942 and 1943. In 1943
and 1944 he took part In the Cairo
Conference, the Burma - India,
North African and European cam
paigns. ’ ~‘t . •
He was instrumental in coor
dinating supply and logistic opera
tions in support of Army and Navy
advances in the Pacific.
In March, 1946, Gen. Lutes ac*
compnnted the Under Secretary of
War on a world circling inspec
tion trip to examine the world
wide army surplus property sit
uation in overseas theaters.
The Fourth Army commander
was instrumental in formulating
plans and policies for demobilisa
tion of the armed forces at the
conclusion of the war.
i Gen. Lutes first entered military
service at the age of 16 when he
joined the original coast artillery
regiment of the Washington Na
tional Guard in 1906. An honor
graduate of Wentworth Military
Academy in 1908, Gen. Lutes
served in the Illinois National
Guard until 1917 when he accept
ed a regular army commission.
He is a graduate of the Com
mand and General Staff School
at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
and the Army War College.
His post as Fourth Army com
mander is not his .first tour of
duty in Texas. In 1940 he served
with the Third Army Headquar
ters in San Antonio. In October
of 1940 he was in charge of sup
ply planning and operations for
the large Louisiana maneuvers in
1941. | »
In November, 1941 he establish
ed the brigade in defense of the
West Coast airplane factories. At
the outbreak of the war he was
transferred to Washington, D. C.
for duty on the War Department
General Staff.
At the present time, in addition
to his Fourth Army command,
Gen. Lutes is detailed to the of
fice of the Secretary of Defense
as director of the staff of the
Munitions Board. This agehey has
among its other duties coordination
of procurement for all three mili
tary' departments.
Gen. Lutes has been awarded
six decorations. In January,
1945,. he was awarded the Brome
Star in Europe and in Septem
ber of the same year he was
awarded the Legien of Merit.
He wae presented with the Dis- *
tlnguished Service Medal in Oct*
ober 1945 and in July. 1946 he
wae awarded an Oak Leaf Clus
ter in lieu *f a second DBM. F
In Attcuht, 1946 the King of
England awarded Oen. Lutes,
Most Excellent Order of the 8
iah Empire, degree of Honorary
Commander. i ih
On April, 1947, he was presented
the American Typhus OomwlMton
medal for his work Ik every thea
ter of operation* toward •ombsL
ting typhus.
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Battalion
PV THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE j
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1950
general of the Fourth Army, will review
„ K „ ,_^iorrow afternoon at 4 on the Main. Drill
Gen. Lutes, as rhnking officer, will head a large list of
ry officials from Texas and Washington, D. C. The guests
the national capital will arrive on the campus tonight.
Cavalryman Johnson
Returns As General
holde
By RALPH GORMAN
AtidM to the list of tile celeb-
reties [ who are to be present, as
honor guests for the Military^ Ball
is a n
ember of the class o
of an Homorary
f ’17 and
Doctor’s
Oh, For That
H. Johnwon
minder of
ttnd Armored Division (Ho*
0). is on# of the honof guoats
i will attend th* activities of
Military Ball weekend. Don.
Inaon'a son, H. H. Johnson,
la a senior cavalry cadet.
Decree in Agriculture, Major Gen
eral Harry H. Johnson^ ORC.
Bom a Texan, the General serv
ed with the Natiortal Guard before
the war, with the Army of the
United States during the war, in
the! Pacific Theatre, and now is
commander of one of the few Ar
mored Divisions Allocated to the
eneral Johnson assumed his
nt command of the 22nd Ar-
Diviston (Reserve) Septem
ber 1, 1947 with headquarters at
Houston. ■
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1949 Survey
Price Five
Weekend Features Ellingto
Concert, Annual Military Bj
By C. C. MUNROE
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The biggest show of the year for
the Corps of Cadets will be staged
tomorrow afternoon on the Main
Drill Field.
The entire ROTC Unit, this year
boasting the greatest strength it
has known since the war, will
march past a reviewing stand fill
ed with military and civilian dig-
World War
II, he
DurinW »Twi« -•
served in the Western Pacific,
New Guinea, and the Southern
Philippines Campaigns. He re
ceived the Distinguished Serv
ice Medal, |the Legion of Merit,
and the Bronze Star Medal with
t go Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters.
General Johnson entered A&M
in 1913 and: joined the army in
1915 before graduating. Commis
sioned in 1917r<hf attended'Cav-
iunr i Military Set-vice School in
129,' and was: Appointed Major
bneral February 27, If
Acheson Tells
How Reds May
Prove Peaceful
Berkeley, Calif., March 17,
(JPl—There are seven ways
Russia can show she wants
peace and less world tension,
Secretary of State Acheson
declared last night.
Completing his second day of
foreign policy addresses, Acheson
listed differences which he said
must be reconciled ■ between Rus
sia and the non-Communist world
“if the two systems are to live to
gether, if not in mutual respect, at
least in reasonable security.
He held out little hope the Rus
sians would: complg, but listed
these things Russia Could do:
1. Work with the West on peace
treaties for Germany, Japan, and
Austria which won’t turn them in
to Soviet satellites.
2. Stop using force or its threat
on existing satellites. Let them be
countries In their own right.
3. Stop obstructing the United
Nations and let it become, in Prime
Minister Stain’s words, a serious
instrument for building interna
tional peace and security.
4. Join in' seeking “realistic and
effective” controls for atomic wea
pons and general arms limitations.
We believe,” Acheeon laid, “that
an authority could be established
which would not he controlled or
subject to control by either our
selves or the Soviet Union.”
5. Stop trying to undermine
other countries through Commnjn-
tn.
6. Quit treating diplomats as
“sinister,” and ^criminals.”
7. Let the Boasian people know
what goes on outside Russia.
These are the things, Acheson
said, “which, while leaving much
yet to do, would give the world
new confidence in the possibility
of peaceful change.”
HAt the present time,'he is con-
nected with the Gulf i Oil Cor-
iration in Houston and has been
ven ah assignment wltp the Hoof
id Mouth Disease Control Board,
hlch Is operating In plexleo.
He lathe falher of! Harry H.
Johnson, Jr„ '49, who s a senior
rlcultural economies [major and
member of the Cavalry branch
oK th# ROTC,
Schoolhouwe
three judgei
nounceii. Watsion is pastor of the
First Christian Church in Bryan.
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h the Italian Embassy
hlnghm, D. C„ will be
nns of two foreign guests «t the
Military lull this weekend. He
will ?ljr frum the rapltal with
‘District School’
Alive Wm Local
By QBOBGE CHARLTON
Dressed In everything from lit-
Ue-lord-fauntleroy suits* and
to blue jeans and straw
members of the cast in “The
trict School of ; Blueberry
ners” will troop out on the
solidaUd gym stage tonight at
7:30 to present a three act produc
tion. j
Tonight’s affair concerns the' go
ings-on in a typical little red school
house of the old faahi
Country educational insi
those days consisted
one room in -which all grades
taught. J
Featuring some unexploited
Ulent, the little show is,
teed by Mrs. E. B. Reyn
rector, to keep everyone lai
from curtain time until the last
schoUr is “graduated’* about an
hour later in the third aet-'W*-
Reynolds has also managed, cast,
and written In special parts for the
Matilda
ra.
>r,
d” about a
ird act. Wn
partTfofVh
w , r flirts In the skit are: M
Ci. Umbwto 4,
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Mrs. H. W. “Bud” Barlow;,
;y Brown, 16, Mrs. J. T. L.
_.New; Mehitable Jones, 16, Mrs.
L W. Melloh; Dorcas Doolittle:
Mrs. A. C. Hughes; and the
Jets, Mella, Della, and Bella
iih, playe<l by Mrs. Helen Ander-
), Mrs. Marsha Adams, and Mrs.
Couch.
>ys enrolled in the school
Luther Brown, age 4, played
! Rev. 0. G. Helvey; David
ioks, 9, by D. W. Fleming; Bil-
»; Crowfoot, 10, Les Richardson;
adiah Buzzard, 10, John Hill-
n; Stephen Tucker, 13, Ray
_on; Jerdmiah Jenkins, 14, Joe
iotherall; Bobby O’Lee, 15, Ray
ian; Samuel Snooks, 15,
Boze; Sim Disaey, 1, Joe
jjs-
isitors to the school are: Mr*.
«y, played by Mrs. C. K. JEs-
; Sam Piper, by E. B. Rey-
ds; Mrs. Snook, by Mrs. O.
„ Fraps.
jifflMalwr
ihway,
>ming;
j- L. !
Pie, Ml
applicants are: Mis*
layed by Mrs. D. W.
iss Belinda Sharp, by
, Tanser; Miaa Sally
i. J. K. Roberta; Has#-
C. K. Eaten. '
nnittee consists
chairman, play-
B. LoJliey; Jacob Bill
er, played by W. M. Potts, and
tin Rmith, played by R, R.
Uriah
by C.
Scenes during the play will take
>|ace In the one-room ischoolhouee
.uipped with *uch props as ben-
lies, blackboards, teacher’s table,
unce stool and cap, oaken bucket,
d gourd dipper.
AH costumes will t|e authentic
to the period tof about 60 to 70
years ago. The main character,
Hezekiah Pendergrass, played by
K. Esten tof the English De
partment, will be dreised so that
any resemblance to the legendary
teacher Ichabod Grant, is purely
intentional.
H. W. “Bud” Barlow, dean of
engineering, will once again lead
his “boys” in a concert before
curtain time and during intermis
sion. All members of the band will
for the
a district
time, Bar-
de musical
old-fash-
be appropriat
affair, repr
school band,
low’s band
background ftor a
ioned “hoe down”.
Profits from the
60 cents for adjulta i
school age, v
raise funds
for the <
band.
Coat o.
both play and )t*n<
fair, costing
25 cents for
In helping
.... uniform
| High School
iwlll pay for
afterward,
soft drtnki
nitaries. Lt. Gen. LeRoy Lutes,
commanding general of the Fourth
Armjr, will receive the review. ,
Both the main campus band and
the Freshman band will parade
with the corps. Thia will be the
first appearance of'the Freshman
Regiment and Band on the J Ll
this year. ! t |
Following the review, the honor
guests, college officials, and their
guests will have dinner with the
corps' in Duncan Hall at 6 p. m.
The; guests will he seated with the
various units of the corps.
A concert by Duke Ellington
and kis orchestra will begin at
6:30 p. m. in Guion Hall to mark
the start of the social events of
the weekend. I
At 9 p. m., Sbisa Hall will be
nlvomUy and In 1947
tlonal lecturer for Sigma
,
Maxine Zimmerman
Miaa Zimmerman has been se
lected Cotton Pageant and Ball
Dpckeas representing the South-
West Texas A&M Club. Sha will
be escorted by Alvin Aaronson.
Junior business major from
Cotalla. n
Report of Children
Required in Census
All parents who have children
of school age must make a report
during the 1950-51 school census
which will be conducted in April,
tnnounced Les Richardson, supar-
ntendent of the A&M Consolidated
System. |l‘
The reports are to be made on
official census blanks and should
be filled out and signed by the
parents. Blanks may be secured
from Superintendent Richardson!
-at the school of phoning 4-7624.
School age is defined by law aa
r alx years of age on or be-
September 1, 1960, and those
on or before September 1,
1938. I!
The school census law applies
to vetoran students who have
reafde In
school age children and r<
college-owned apartwowta
ardaon said.
Rich
‘Great Issues’
Hears Kellogj
Monday r Nighl
Dr. Charles E. Kellogg, Lhief of
the division of soiLaitvey in |the
United States ^department of Ag
riculture will address th$ Great
Issues Class Monday at 8 p, mi in
the Chemistry Lecture Room.!
His topic will be “The National
and World Food Production iPo-
tentials”. A question and answer
session with the Great Issues class
will be held the next morning at
11 a. m. Dr. Kellotp will be on
the campus for several days for
conference^ with authorities on
agriculture and to lecture to
the. State Production and Market
ing Administration and the A&M
Sigma Xi, and to the Graduate
School.
He will deliver a Graduate Lec
ture in the Physics Lecture Room
at 8 p.m. Wednesday on the sub
ject, “Tropical Soils Are Differ
ent.” KodacHrome slides will be
iiaed as illustrationa.
Dr. Kellog’s duties include plant
ing, developing, and directing a
program of soil surveys and land
utilization throughout the Uni
ted States. He is a consultant .to
the TVA in connection with prtobr
lems related to agriculture in that
area.
For 16 years he has studied soil
conditions throughout the world :n
18 different countries. In 1949
he spent eight weeks in Australia
and New Zealand when he attend
ed the Seventh Pacific Congrats
held in New Zealand and made a
study of soils in both New Zealand
and Australia.
Prior to joining the department
of agriculture in 1934, Dr. Kellogg
taught soil science and did research
in poill at Michigan State Col-
kg*, the University of Wfacontin,
and the North Dakota Agricultur
al College.
He received his B. 8. degree and
Ph. D. Degrees from Michigan
State College. From 193ft to 1942
he aerved as head aoll scientist for
fm Bureau of Plant Industry.
Prom 1944 id 194ft he served ns
opened and the second annual Mili
tary Ball will begin. Fourteen
hundred invitations to the ball
have been made available to ca
dets. Elaborate decorations ; have
been prepared. During the inter
mission Miss Jeanine Holland and
the Aggie Sweetheart nominees
from TSCW wyi be introduced.
Spirit of Aggieland
A unique ending to the ball has
been planned by the program com
mittee. It will feature a special
transcription of The Spirit of
Aggieland made this week by
the Aggie Band. Jl
Eight general officers of the
Army and Air Force will top the
list of honor guests who came to
A&M for the Military Ball Iweek-
end. Two military attachejs ‘ re
presenting France and Italy will
also be among the guests.
Both the foreign officers will
be honored at the Saturday after
noon review by the Aggie Band.
The French National Anthem will
bis played in honor of Brigj Gen.
Jacques de la Boisse. The new
Italian National :Anthem will be
played In honor of Colonel Urn-
Messenger lecturer
University and In
Cornell
as a na-
Dorothy Ann GUss
The Fall’s County dub Duch
ess for the Cotton Pageant and
Ball will be Mise Glass. Thomas
M. Criswell will be her escort.
Floral Concession
Has New Manager
BUI Evans, junior floriculture
major from Aranaoa Pass, haa
been elected manager of the stu
dent floral concession for the I960-
61 school year.
Evans takes office immediately.
He will manage the sales for th#
Military Jnll, Cotton Ball, Senior
Ring Dance, and) Mother’s Day,
according to L, J. Tolls, retiring
manager, M
Italian Attache
Will Attend
Military Ball
Col. Umberto de Martinp, fly
ing here tomorrow from'Wpshfug-
ton, D. C., to attend the A^flitary
Ball, does not count his 'position
as Military Attache to the Italian
Embassy as his only distinction.
The 45-year-old Officer J is an
expert fencer, twice Champion of
Italy in that sport and present
holder of the U. S. National Sabre
Crown. He became t|»e first for
eign national to win that award
last June while participating as
a member of the Washington, D;
C., Fencing Club in the National
Fencing Championships.
Receiving his commission as a
second lieutenant in 1924, Martino
served several years as a unit
commander and as a physical
training instructor. In 1942 he
became an instructor at the; Ital
ian War College and distinguished
himself in battle the following
year as a member of the!partisan
troops in Italy. I j rji
In 1944, he became Assiptajnt
Commander of the ‘‘Leg
Regiment and later Chief! of @taff
of the “Folgore" Combat group,
both Italian nuits under Allied
command.
Martino holds the Silijer Medal
for Valor, the second highest com
bat award In the Italian Arm)’.
He was appointed to hii< present
duties in March of 1948 and also
appointed to u similar port for the
Italian Embassy in Cm inda the
following year.
By way of honoring jthe Ital
ian colonel, the Aggie Band will
berto de Martino.
• So far as can be
Saturday afternoon
determined^
be thej
will
first time the new Italian Nation-j
al Anthem has been plajyed in the
United States.
The list of guests, other th
college guests, who will barticipa
a
in the weekend activities includes;
mmand-
iiik i^^iicat, i-umiii Army; Muj.
Gen. A- R. Crawford, edmmandin,
Lt Gen. LeRoy Lutes, comr
ing general, Fourrh Ar
general, 12th Air Force)
W. D- Old, inspector g*t
AF; Maj. Gen. K. L. 0«
adjutant general!
Johnson, commanding g
Maj
neral, Ca
rry, state
en. H. H.
neral, 2Bt
Armored Division (Rps.); Mai,
Gen. R. M. Ainsworth, command
ing general, 8Gth Infuhtry Divi#-’
ion, Texas National Gpurd; Brig
Gen. Jacques da La Boisse, mil,
tary attache, French Embassy
Brig, i Gen. A. R. Luedecke,
toglc planning, USAF. \ ’ /
wm Coif
Also included among
lege’s guests are Col. Omberta di
Martino, military attache, Itallnh
I
Embassy; Col. Gaea/ B. Abbott,
commander, Texas/Military Dis
trict; Lt. Col. Joe Ci M('Haney,
artillery officer, 1)1 v. off Plans and
Policies, USMCf Miss Mary Huf-
ford, dean of/women, TSCw| ahd
Louis A. Hurtung, president Asso
ciation of Former Students.
Th* Washington guests will aif*
tonf
light if fiyi
the capital
to maintain
The ma-
rive on .the campus
ing weather between
and A&M permit them
their planned schedul
jority of the other guests will or-
/rive tomorrow morninjg.
Teague Cannot Attend
Representative Olin E. Teague,
congressman from the., Sixth Dis
trict of Texas, wan 1 ' forced to l
withdraw his acceptance to attend
the weekend activities. A bill in
which he is taking an active in
teract is scheduled for House con
sideration. Monday morning.
Teague wrote that he could not
risk being absent from the capital
when the bill was presented.
Eight of the officers invited to
participate m the weekend activ
ities are former A&M students, 1
m
They are Gen. Oldj ’24; Gen.
Leudecke, ’32; Gen-, Johnson, ’17;
Col. Abbott, ’13; aiid Col. McIIan-
ey, ’35.
Other exes included among the
'“talry guests for the weekend
are Gen. Ainsworth, ’19; Gen. Lue-
mili
decke, ’32; and Lt. Col. McHaney,
’35. ‘ ,
play the new Italian National An
them during the rev
afternoon. This will
time th* anthem has
In the contlnen
morrow
the first
ver been
il United
, copy of th)* musical
was shipped here from Wu»h-
and j-.—j. .
played I
States,
A special
ore was *h . _
gton and reproduced In the
Photographic and Visual Aids De-
Apartment this week.
!'V W
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e /to 1 tl
Is ttcco
trip as
Tha band will also
^French National Anthem honor
ing Brig. Gen. de la Boisse, Mill
tary Attache to the French 1 Em
bassy, who Is accompanying Mar
tlno on this trip as another of
special guests.
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Regimental Ball yl^
Ducats Available
,AiM
Invitations for the Infant:,
tillery, and Cavalry-Engineer _
imental Ball may be secured, st
ing Wednesday, March 15, tnre
the First Sergeants of th
iments, said Robert Gragk, c)
man of the Invitation Commi
Tuesday night. // y > i
The combined Infant/v, Artflley,
and Cavalry-Engineer Ball is sche
duled for Saturday night, April 1.
Music for the dance will be f
nished by the Aggieland Orchesi
under the direction of Bill Tun
pMa Ai
To Buy
-t
Vjta
The
authorised th
keting Admi
facilities to
of East
cording to
of the sts
Vanee i
Hera that
Utoss
£
v ;
id Mat
*et U|
govei
productio:
istration
purchase 76/carloads
is sweet potatoes, ac-
. F. Vance, chairman
PMA coinmlttM. j P
at his headquarter*
U. 8. grade! one jtjo-
be purchased at tha
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-The
TElt DEPART-
»: (A (cartipus
ting lot, (B) Interior of dbrm-
f. The playeis: Ten ambitious
ents, one Ciosley sedan.[ Ac-
tioa: Students move across park
ing lot, approach Crosley. ;Five
student lift rear of car, fivtj lift
front end and n oving to the ac
companiment of much laughter
they carry minitura car to Scene
B, interior of dormitory.
Students pipce automobile in
hallway, wedging it between stairs
and wall. A totil of eight inches
clparuuco allows students to slip
around car and iliaappear. At last
man prepares to leave he pauses,
places white can I under windshield
wiper blade and then ^
to the darkness, 1
ips off in
curious pasmrby oh way to
showers sees c*r, stops, lean* over
C *• ‘‘ Print ng on white card,:
. hreaVs out Into Idud
htor when w sees ticket la-
for "Parklt g In wrong area."
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