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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1950)
‘ I * f , I k J I — _ — n i P»f%2 v k i TMULY r, two iten no “Z Z »nd wartime. Part mnnufarttireni Jane Qkm An a|l out civilian market to maintain and m to be eapeetad ttM afm to baoat t®d. He’s die wAh the label thie. Me Doe dentiaMy that of the size nine knows that ahe Auk Ik Kum, on* and ame horn. Then the wfcotaealer and e enoagh f faeterer move in. They tell the local jk —i-jii* lml. m 1 ▲ m A - a a I - i - . price ex r , g the bUme bet* with the widi John 'Ml part effort tabes from the h products a* necessary nip armed forces Thie a people at war, tyeom who fakes short- >j should be eliminip Who should be tagjred liar." 1, runs somethina libs ns it whispered confl* Armv is bbyutf up all the WACS. She aisS nine and if hose are to be active she must have a sup ply .fcarntown ah** rushes, after tolling her beet fnead wh<i paaaes the word along. Soon there reglly is a shortage of siie 'Em porivm" that for twice the usual price they can let them have two doaen pairs of sixe nines Thcrt’i the set up for scarcity and high price sprrak. With the prsemt outbreak of Korean hostilities aid an increase in the ane of the anned forces, certain commodities meet go to equip the United Nations ar my Howwvur, there is no reason for any one to feet that they will actually be in need. During the last war. rationing solved the difficulty of obtaining scarce articles on a fair basis No one was dmcnminated against. The average person can do something to help ia this national emergency Stand your ground, don t panic There s plenty of materials to go around American pro duction has always been able to meet nec essary demands '■as Krxan h - A Form of Progress . .. Progress marfhe* on' The (jbjective of science and tapqnmenlatiun in attaining thw condition ia pften questionable to the |Hiblk who heaiujor ia told the outcome ef the nation ■ 1st eft attempts to delve into the uaMowi. Par instaece,|the fimt h*irixontal rock et flight of a gjnded long tange miHsik Monday became' a reality for sciential* who had beer w^rkmg on the project lir aume time. A pW'**** attempt had been made to launch jhe missile last week, big a faulty fuel KvdU'in left the rocket in its !mm!i ftviM Termed a pfeview of 'push buttoB" warfare, a hu^p captured Orman V-2 rocket carrying: i smaller missile on Its nose was sent >ut on its eafternuental mission of over t|ir Atlantic fbran a F’l <rt base The UrjA rocket is Said to hape rem he-1 a fiveq of 2.700 nrd|«M (ter hoUr during the 'eeuiW* of ds f%ht. After* a minute and 20 qrc<»ods of fight with th* laege reekUt. tkf saaaH ir hsu- sn a'Atir* from it and aped on its wav alone Having served its purpose as a mother ship for the smaller miaaik the tierman rocket was exploded wmiewhere over the Atlantic Meanwhile the smaller rocket went on its way with an expected speed of 5 000 miles per hour. Presently the scientists are elated. The flight in their opiuion waa successful ’ and the rocket n trajectory waa “baauti- ful" The furtker performance of the small er rockat is a military secret However the value of a rocket which need* another to serve as its launcher, then reaches a a{«ed of several thousand miles per hour with the intended range of only 175 miles is questionable Maybe, in a number of years the scientific data revealed during the rma- aiies two second fNght may be revesled to the innocent tax payers who now can do nothing but pick up and pay the bills But prngwm must go on ? Actual. N«»t Potential Posers Needed . . . The K urea mentis has eX|s»«ed aeriOU.H weakness in our defense program, end if they ear be rurfectsd in the shortest pos mbie tune we rgay be able to prevent a more mriou* ddbade in weitero Europe. KepublKitns ifl ih* House hive called for a ‘housecteuniug" in the State and De fense Detxirtjn^it*. Map. Short iR*Mol, fiarticulgriy crit- iciaed the impression of "false security ’ ereated by Defense Secretary Johnson. f!J0 billion hpve been appropriated for defense m the four years according to Rep. .Short, anq he asks what have we got U> show fou it V ,• | Khdil Vbmou. (D-Gal, iam that the (tailed States is senoe^y short "' in standing marocs.-r RusaM be 6*mtin* ued ' Utnumberp the U. S. T to 1 in tanka, more than 17 tb 1 in military man|M*wer. New reimf jf«ir pobo pgtients whbse breathing muedles are crippled comew in formed led* »which agi^te'' to Mum breathing Thq a(ieciai-mad| beds ft ■< | in a seeaew motion to give thk added < om- n f I * ‘ 14 and has almost MX' submarine* and a vast Air Force. The mam object of a reserve [irogram. is to provide trained men immediately in critical tunee. The Army Navy, and the Marine Corps were able to call trained units to active duty, but the Air Force Re serve has been celled "e hat of names and addresses * Even though the Air Force got its share of the defense appropriations the taxpayer* apparently |>eid for a re serve program that » almost nonexistent The problem we now face is rapid con version of potential power to power in the factual form of adequate men and weapons to meet a (mmlble global cruus We agree* with Rsp Vinson in that we muet "get the ox out of the ditch and not spend a lot of time and effort trying to find out who pushed him into the ditch ’ Everything that is worth whils has a fence arotnd it—but there ia atereye a gate and a key ess To be an interesting con versa Oonalmt yon must let others do tbs of the talking. - Battalion Hi HA VI |r Behind the ‘White Tower’Photography Makes Use of Valli and Alps U VlkKK r ri* rise. Us* •MB'*?.) Ussy S wsedsr Uvss kal tbs wowter of Ml C. TV Orrska wwiM be skerksd to skssrw tbs isttffnifkaiwt sf m rosmsiwi is tbs loilassM as tV NMustsin of lift i lK.il) 4»pUy^i is MO WMto Towsr " IMrcetur Tsd TsUloff lisk SfH-Btist. Jot si tv party. Paul iriasde toons) Uw srrftsr who ran sot ftrxi in dipsosisaiS tV sss4- •d relief from hi* Cirrssa wift, •oek> rewnfert trnm tV < .rCH Uoyd Bnd- sw" s psr ettlwliuti tV of Hitler’s r»nU.f» absut tV »sporm.r, For tV 0wtM fiiift (Oscar tV ssrsnt nsrfsly pfsssitt s matter of bust net Martin ((•lenn Ford!, former Amenrsn pilot, is wsary and conUst. but joins tV (roup to V near Caria. in , . As ss-bfcu offksr < •MX mwvss fei would msks ‘*Toi ■ ■ea*r sonsl roikjucst to so Bh Mi ■ world of th** validity ‘ w-Xod to n <w MSs tl rtrsqgU t l 1 "TV , e m iwtateteg a I the •temme of flidk when tbs undeniable strsegtl i>f "TV Towsr" ia as Amnasts. ■ e Spw .■sseA.*-* - * TV* Weak Gs Itowa Life is not raaily bvrdUid and w weak aad madaeuale drop by , ) the wayside Nicbokw ia foiwsd to return; tV body not a* wiliinc Tht aststag is tba •Mas Ak>» M the apint TV party moesa aVatkr fottowiaf Wsrtd War il t lowly upward With only tV hated 8tx determined people has* bser, Supormsi" splittiiM tV bsrtnory but Msrtia's condition b seek TVir choice is V V reading either sense Noteworthy perfonaaw were V turned ia by the er^ire raat, but Claude Kama should vsceive addi tional aasnta for as tarellent por trayal. Al ia Techakwior TV assure maf*MKeiw. jyw- 'lured by Ray Renasban'a <»n-fV- spot terhnirolor emfla an eiynrh n* light from the field of photo- gwte>i-. „ w _ Also pleasing fsr a change. wa» \ handHag of tV lovs anglw There were so eye* of bamiiW paadion and torrid scene* of Via tiny lore Common Jamas Krttoatn.-k should get a contract te Ray Re’ han. // mna- Tpaguc Rpfwrting . .. Washington Hints New Red Strategy throw* t ay other ia a iS:^. (Re-priated h*4«« ia tV week ly newidetier frSw t augreaamss (Mia A Tsagw*. rapreaetatlre <4 the H«alh ihateict ef lexaa. leagses letUra, aoat frem hi* Mashincton D. C. office are be- ia| published by TV Rattaliss aa a special new* oenice U mt n adert—TV RdHor* t Has World War III started? That h the quodUon which ev«gy person want* aatwerod It it nagi- •>rsd around W mdungtoe that at thm tune ( ..mmi|ni»t sender* from the different rwwprte!- of tV wodW are mpetma somewhere in Eurofw to recur* inatnartwn* Whgt inatnartidn*? All conrersa tion afwj nd Waabhlgton thene dgy* ia eeSUrrd araSnd national de fenae. TV auccem or failure of SS nfinal dsfenae te fateful for evdry cMms Mmd decision* tegarding natioSal deftnae are made in the Executive hranci ef our gSvepnavent imidil ed opnf remnonal a« tmr i* Sot needed m moot cSaee eicept fo* $p- propriation* However, it m neck* aary that ronyrrse* onderetand th. •ituaSo* mvnlvm* national V fenae. W here • Manev ? Th* week M> Vinson, fhaimian of tV Armed Arndce* OmmiAse of tbp Hmiae (vf Repre»rritatbre* has naked our military leatrra to iSpent exacdv where our de- fenne .leHar* hate aone and whyth er or not wc ha*> all the defrti*e whirl Could he bought with dsllaf* prrrall kasbin^ttm Plans Knmliin^ Defenses Wa»h»ngtor July 27 >A** -Tbe veil that Ha* hyen drape*) over the imeation “What will happeiy if Waging tor i* bomhed?'' wa* lifted a hSUe yerterday In two separate announcemdnta. it wp* <ii»do*ed that A communic*tt«r* center. appar entif fa be uaed in oaae the Plqita* pon should evfr he kniwked out, i* ta V built at and near ( imp Rltrbie. Md TV* new Knendahip Airp<»rt be twegn Bakimofi and 1ka*hinglor. wilt V uaed to defer.o ttaahmgbm. •aid .-Wnator Tydmir* (D-MdT if there ia a mgyar war in W*wh “atomic bomb* hre thrown an>u|id " TV announdement on the dom- munseat ion« renter rame from the FenUgnr TV defenae department wa* Sght I'PI’S i on detail*, and merely adM: f*iara are gwng forward fob th» rxtaibiirbment of a auppiemdatal rommunu atioi* natallatlon at and nearby (amp Ritchie Md Tbia site i* now haing used in part by tV Maryland Natmanl Guard but may hr reposdpaeed by' f b« federal forVrnment" Among tV matten «f aperisl .oncem ta Cwngikdi at tkia time are (11 TV poamfcy of a third World War: mnfm <w»r own aa- tion Russia ia Pl| other major poorer of tV wogld and it guided by that doctrine of ( ommamam. which predict* avaptual warfare with the Cm ted ktyte* We know that Mua*ia ha* em- ivarked on a career af agrresmve impenaiiam which cpsld eventually atari tV ihjrd Worid War if it ha* not already dene •» Russia did not think wp would fight in Korea. Sacrifice ef War It will be »omt tiSve before we know whether lta+i» will aacri- fiee tV North Ksrain* or whether it ia a third World War Tt ia gen erally assumed ill WashuWUHi that the enemy .>ffen«lva may break out in •erwrsl area* at once In Iran and the Near Ka*t. Bulgaria and Albums may be persuaded to go into Greece and pertain!) We would have ta fight thpr*. It i* poaaihie that the Russian* might convmee the Fa»t German* that they *hould by force try tn take <*wer Weal iKrmam and of fours* we would (Wbt there TV rtew In Waahtngtor try •termed leader* ia that a third World War ia posaiHe hut unlikely at this t»w Military Strength <2l The military »tr**ngth of the Soviet Worid 1*V major a*aet* of tf«* Rumisn temmated world arr a central pr*itlar from a world political point of rtew in the heart of the Europe-A*ia land eta**, in terior line* of roknmaniratiama. v-a*t and varied male rial n-Kmrce*. a population of some too million without counting rhina, rnormou* land anme* a email) in being (en- -'mated at aonw MW to fthi dhn- •lonai. large <tpvhtitiea of tank*, umveraal militgry training which ha* created a iwapawe of 26 to *0 million trained soldier* an air force possibly aupen<>r ta ours in numVm of plgnm and especially •troog for tactigal Mr lupport. con- • idem We number of modern type •ubmaMne*, ftgh eoluma *wpp*»rt in ever) country ki the world \ lam if Pfwgreaa Beyond the lact that there wa* an atnmic axpifoafV I'ttlv i* known of tV atomic F'Wfre** in Russia The moat appMefit wmkncsa.** of the Russia/! group are 'tV h»w lev el of moividwai dMctaSey in mo«t of its armed (!i>rt*» mduhtrv and agriculture thf shortage of tech nical trained perWdaal. poet trana- portation: a dkukful food supply foi a pp'longed Star: and a doubt ful supply of fteei and petroleum Thane factor* are probably now Seine weighed bg tV leaden in p Kremlin atpi Vfry norm we will of £i%2£T&S: must r<.ug*ar §Mi dteim* tfut killed her adveeturoua fatbar. Basking to prow that V has sot lost bis yswth. Micks law tV tag Robt k rU lo Attend (lutton (•ongreww James K Robert*. *upsnntende> i of tV Mam Station Farm at the Agriculture ExperlmeSt Station, left Wednesday to attend the an nual * ottnc Research Congress at Dallas TVme for thi* year'* meeting' will be “Totton’* Vital Role’' The meeting I* being held Thursday and Friday. Th# OHIon < oagre»a will cover reports on tht lateat expenhiant* and development* in the field of cotton research, Robert* said Superman" spliUmg the harmsay. j Too much whisky cauaea Paul to he left, aeitriting tV apprehensive promise cd a speedy return, but ! weaknesses are not easily over come and he completes ki* symbolic manuscript and hia life *t rapid succession. Fearing that Paul might suc cumb. the guide return*, apd Carts and Markin face tV Na» He leave* during the night and Martin furiously follows him A •clash of ideal and individuality ia Una void abb . and tV superman pipages to his death rather than take Martin's aaaintanre Hero Himw Blinded A now- snow-blind Martin i* joined by the guide and Carta Only a few hundred yard* stand between the three and their goal. PALACE Brtpn Z'tflw 4 ) NOW thru SATURDAY /S] h RfNIMI mm M*W UlOUte THI K-W thm HAT. FIRST KI N Featun-a Start- \ # ■ u kti - 7;Mi 141 :UU LISTEN all vou OL’ I/)t AGAIN Aggien! 18 AT IT Remeptber ail thoae books that went out of dal* laat June, the ones that you rouida t ael! anywhen- e»- rept at l/>u’* . . . 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Our- Mf Bm wSteisP.ITWa MtottaMsi ta subitaVjl fSur tuaga a week and nrcsTated every TVwdag through Friday (aternoor >uhe»rptl.>n raiegglOO prr aumric Ad'-rtiaiag rates furniahed on fS» WTAW Radis Frsgram 11M kiteryrtm ••«*• aaM**" 4—^ p A—seiaftd Freds ia ed bd«ai» lfl — Room 2<»1| i—h> , made hr telephone may V plated by ‘ >tie, Vr^tafsaUsitesr » (hdft^rtrst tea adi tetepkste <44tt«) or at *1 sdMoml ofTioa Room SOL ■tV ftendsat AaMwtttei It W au » sa--mwi > S* -Uumcal f»nr«>i»r* »P ■tag* I 4a .ammatnen v™, r« g.fk Slavy Bate S ia -raiwi Slat •r Cfai on utteartfEh 1 sn^o^fw rise Ag Prof a In Noting Dr J. C. Mi|sr and J. M Jones, of tV Animal Hhiahaodry Daaart ment, and R E. Fatterwon of tV Agricwitural E«g#nment Station are meeting this Week with coop era ter* in the barf rattle breeding projsal at BatewfVa. Tex Parpoee of tV trip ia to make plane for tV mala which srili start ru M? w Use The Battalion to sell your aurplui* automobile, furtiiturg or odhar ^ items of equipment We include this blank for your convenience in uamg Battalion Oatei- fied Ada. f V I want thi* ad to appear in The Battalion on * ■ 4 Here’s the way I want the ad to jead Charge to Kemember your em the Faculty El Clip and Mail to THE BATTALION CoKege Station, Texas \ I * dope requires so postage if dropped into the box at Poet Office in the Academic Building. 4 I T- V. Tf \ • LPL A»NF.R Something for the (.iris 1) Al (app 1U mste aassmate hr Haemal A+ Unkm tea. al Maw Tart OS*. Naar aoow tvsc (*®a^;cuMan. W.ZCL DO TO WOO M-UkT 1 err docs au. •>« alDJ ibl Ki- tekSteOKtA'C DO (T am m fcaaJBb NtvEM ’JSSu^