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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
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Lumberman’s 1949 Contest
Number 43: Volume 50
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1950
Price: Five Cents
Cadet Officers Announced for Coming Year
Korea at a Glance
U. S. 8th Army Headquarters, Korea, Aug. 17 (TP)—Red
Korean forces are massing between Waegwan and Kunwi on
the northern sector of the western front in the most serious
threat to U. S. forces, headquarters said today.
The new concentration may indicate the North Koreans
have shifted the main mass of their forces north from
Waegwan.
If true, this would mean they will try to smash through
areas held by the South Korean sixth and eighth divisions.
Both gave some ground yesterday to Red attacks.
The U. S. First Cavalry Division was reported fighting
to regain strategic Hill 303 after having been dislodged
earlier.
Marines Driving on Changnyong
Tokyo, Aug. 17 (TP)—American marines stormed ahead
through mortar explosions and grenades today to seize
objectives in a drive against the Red Korean bridgehead at
Changnyong.
The area of their advance was on the Allied east side of
the Naktong River.
It was the bloodiest fighting the marines have encoun
tered in Korea.
Reds Fire on British Ship
Hong Kong, Aug. 17 (TP)—The British destroyer Concord
and Chinese Communist shore batteries fought a 30 minute
gun duel today at the approaches to Hong Kong.
The Concord said it fired in self-defense after Red guns
on Taitami, Puntan and Ligting Islands opened up.
Royal Navy officers said there was one minor casualty
and no damage to the ship as it steamed into Hong Kong.
Red shore batteries have been quick to fire on ships
recently. On three successive days last week merchant ships
were shelled.
They were British, American and Norwegian.
“We Can’t Win,” Says Red
Tokyo, Aug. 17 (TP)—A veteran Red lieutenant who de^
serted and surrendered to the Americans says the North
Koreans can’t win.
Intelligence officers at General MacArthur’s headquar
ters said today the North Korean was assistant company
commander and political officer of his unit in the elite North
Korean Sixth Division. It was battered by U. S. marines and
army infantry around Chinju.
The Red estimated his division’s 13th and 15th regi
ments suffered 50 per cent casualties and the 14th regiment’s
losses were 80 per cent.
Airmen Using New Rocket
Tokyo, Aug. 17 (TP)—American airmen are using a new
6i/ 2 inch rocket to knock out Russian-made tanks in Korea.
General MacArthur’s headquarters said today the new
antitank weapon went into service in record time.
Headquarters said Lt. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Air
Force Chief of Staff, ordered quick production of the rocket
four weeks ago after pilots said 5-inchers were not consis
tently knocking out the tanks.
A Naval ordnance station at Inyokern, Calif., worked
night and day to produce the bigger rocket. It was used in
action in Korea less than a month later.
The new rocket has a longer head than the 5-incher, and
hits harder.
Some planes are already using an 11.75-inch rocket
launcher called Tiny Tim.
Last Community Picnic
Scheduled for Tonight
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4. D. Martin Named Colonel
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A capacity crowd is expected to-^
night at the third and final Col
lege Station community picnic to
be held on Patranella Slab, said
Donald D. Burchard, chairman of
the recreation council committee
sponsoring the event.
Scheduled to get underway at
5:30 p.m., the evening will feature
softball for the men, roller-skating
for people of all age, square danc
ing for the adults and a free movie
for the youngsters. Of course time
will be allowed for spreading a pic
nic lunch, he said.
The softball will get started at
5:30 with three games on the card
to be played on the diamonds across
from St. Thomas Episcopal Church.
The nien will be vieing for final
honors in the softball contests. The
games will be played under the di-
icction of Gordon Gay.
Also at 5:30 will be skating for
young people and adults alike with
Joe R. Campbell and Bod Strabevek
in charge. Prizes will be awarded
to winners in the adult and young
peoples groups.
As soon as the baseball games
are over, or shortly before, picnic
lunches will be spread around the
big concrete slab and under the
trees on the A&M Consolidated
School campus.
The youngsters will get the big
gest bargain of the night, when
Othel Chafin shows a full length
movie in the gymnasium entitled,
“Texas Trouble Shooters.”
While the children are taking in
the movie, the older people will be
dancing to the tunes of the popu
lar square dance numbers, with
Mrs. G. W. Schlesselman and a host
of local callers taking charge.
Andres Segovia
Last on the schedule of Town Hall performers for the 1950-51
season is Segovia, who will appear in Guion Hall March 28. He is
recognized as the “prophet of the Spanish guitar,” which he has
used to become known as “the world’s greatest virtuoso on the
guitar.”
Esten Appointed To
Lead Aggie Players
By LOUISE JONES
C. K. Esten, instructor of Eng
lish, has been named director of
the Aggie Players, according to
C. G. “Spike” White, director of
Student Activities.
He replaces George Dillavou,
who resigned from the staff of
the English Department to enter
private business.
Esten, a graduate of Brown Uni
versity in Rhode Island, has work
ed with well-known stock compan
ies in the East and was with the
Midway Players in Massachusetts
for 10 years.
But the enthusiasm he shows for
drama has not turned his activ
ities away from other fields. A&M
students have seen him at any
number of sports events, another
of his favorite pastimes.
Sport Lover, Too
While teaching at the Annex,
Esten coached the baseball team
there and, during the past spring,
tutored A&M’s softball squad. He
has also judged intramural box
ing matches.
First of his big problems as
new director of the Players is to
“stir up more public interest in
A&M’s theatrical productions,” the
short, slightly-balding English prof
said. Through interest has grown
considerably in past years, it can
be much improved, he added.
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Plans for next year include three
major productions, for which sea
son tickets will be sold. Tenta
tively, Esten has thought of the
plays he would “like to produce.”
The first is “Kind Lady” by Ed
ward Chodarv. Successfully pro
duced on Broadway about 1935, it
is the story of a wealthy spinster
who is almost relieved of her
wealth and home by smooth-talking
Henry Abbott and accomplices.
The play’s tense moments and un
usual situations provide excellent
entertainment, Esten said.
Plans MSC Program
During the Memorial Student
Center celebration next spring, the
Aggie Players are scheduled to
present a play March 30. “Green
Grow the Lilacs” might be that
play, the director said. It is a
western-spiked story by Lynn
Riggs, with frequent songs.
For the third production, Esten
has thought of the satirical com
edy, “What Every Woman knows,”
by James Barrie. “Truly a classic
among modern plays,” he com
mented. The story revolves around
a man’s political rise to power and
his final realization that he, and
every other man, would be lost
were it not for women.
“The ranks of the Aggie Play
ers are thin at present,” Esten
said. “We need men,” he pointed
out,” and we need—women.”
He anticipates more trouble
finding female actors than males.
‘All-out Effort’
Asked to Hold
Back Chinese
Washington, Aug. 17 (TP)—
Senate Republican sponsors
of an anti-Communist bill of
fered today to abandon their
efforts to tie it to a home
front mobilization measure—in ex
change for a Democratic pledge.
The compromise proposed by
Senators Mundt (R-SD) and Fer
guson (R-Mich) calls for a flat
promise by the Democratic leaders
to bring up the curb-the-Commu-
nists bill later for separate action.
“Those are the only terms on
which we will withdraw the bill as
a rider amendment to the economic
controls bill,” Ferguson told a re
porter.
Senator Maybank (D-SC), floor
manager of the controls measure,
said the Mundt-Ferguson proposal
would have to await the return to
Washington of Senator Lucas (D-
111), the majority leader. Lucas,
who is in Illinois, is expected later
this week.
Senate Democrats have arranged
a conference for next Monday to
discuss the tangled situation. The
party’s leaders, and Lucas particu
larly, have shown litte sympathy
for the Mundt-Ferguson version of
internal security legislation.
Foes of the bill have argued that
it would drive the Communists un
derground and make th f e problem
more difficult to handled
Maybank said that in his opin
ion the Mundt-Ferguson bill “does
not stand a chance” of being adopt
ed as a rider. However, he pre
dicted approval of the bill, or sim
ilar legislation, if it comes up sep
arately.
82 Year Old CS
Resident Succumbs
Albert R. Woodward, 112 High
land Drive, died at 1:40 a. m.
yesterday. Born in Freemont Coun
ty, Ind. on July 10, 1868, Woodard
was survived by his wife, a son,
Dr. P. A. Woodard of College Sta
tion, a granddaughter, Mrs. Wal
lace B. Langston of Corpus Christi,
and a great grandson, Laurence
Wallace Langston.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed by the Reverend John Mitchell
at 10 a. m. Wednesday at the Dil
lon Funeral Home in Cleburne.
Eighty-two years old at death,
Woodard was formerly employed
as an engineer for the Santa Fe
Railroad and was retired 10 years
ago.
For several years he lived in
Cleburne, but has lived in College
Station for two years now. He
was a member of the First Pres
byterian Church of Cleburne and
the Knights of Pythias.
Special Activities Noted
As Grove Schedule Wanes
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Mr. and Mrs. Erskine Hightower
As the summer square dancing programs draw to a close, these
two top dancers have been key figures in what has been called
Student Activities “most successful summertime undertaking.” The
final square dance is scheduled for tomorrow" night, with Mark
Towery and his “Salty Swing Band.”
By B. F. ROLAND
Grove activities are in the last
lap of their schedule for the sum
mer.
Friday marks the last night this
term for square dancing enthus
iasts to enjoy themselves at their
sport. In view of the large crowds
that have attended and made a
success of the program, a special
attraction has been planned for the
| last night, according to C. G.
“Spike” White, director of Stu
dent Activities.
Feature attraction for the dan
cers grand finale will be Mark
Towery and his Salty Swing Band.
I The four piece band has been play-
iing for square dances for over a
year. Members of the music mak
ing group include Harvey Ford,
fiddler; Horace Simmons, bass;
Junior Robbins, guitarist; and
J Mark Towery, guitarist.
The summer Friday night dances
have been co-sponsored by Mr. and
Mrs. Erskine Hightower, and Mr.
and Mrs. R. R. Lyle.
Bill Turner has returned from
New York City where he has been
working toward his doctor’s de
gree in education, and will direct
the Aggieland Combo this weekend
in their last Saturday night per
formance for the summer. White
said the Combo will be in full
force for Saturday’s dance.
Several of the Saturday dances
were sponsored by various individ
uals or organizations during the
first part of the Summer. These
dances usually entailed certain cos
tume and “theme of the week”
stipulations. According to White,
however, the largest crowd of the
summer turned out for a dance
where the only request was to
“come dressed for comfort and
dancing.”
Officially, the summer Grove en
tertainment scheduled ends Tues
day night, August 22, with a show
ing of the final movie.
Adolph Sebesta
Dies in Ft. Worth
Adolph Sebesta of Fort Worth,
and formerly of Bryan, died Mon
day at 8:30 p. m. in Fort Worth.
Funeral services will be held Wed
nesday at 10 a. m. in the chapel
of Hillier Funeral Home. Interment
will be in the College Station city
cemetery.
Sebesta is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. A. V. Erickson of
Fort Worth; a son, Louis Sebesta,
also of Fort Worth; a sister, Mrs.
Maru Kulak of Crosby; three
brothers, Tom Sebesta of Bryan,
Joe Sebesta of Marlin, and Frank
Sebesta of Snook; and three grand-
A. D. Martin, senior mechanical engineering student |
from Dallas, has been appointed corps commander for the !
1950-51 school year. An almost-complete list of corps com-1
missioned and non-commissioned cadet officers was released
yesterday by Lt. Col. Joe E. Davis, assistant commandant.
Executive officer of the corps will be Waymon C. Nutt,
agricultural education major from Bertram. Martin will hold
the rank of colonel of the corps, Nutt that of colonel.
Eight other colonels were named. They are William D. |
Barnes, David G. Haines, Herbert G. Mills, Raymond J
Kunze, Donald H. Sheffield, Jack+
L. Raley, Dare K. Keelan, and G.
W. Mayben.
The first five will command
Army ROTC regiments, while Ra
ley and Keelan are group com
manders in the Air ROTC. Mayben
will command the newly-created
Eighth Regiment, which will in
clude all Basic Division students.
Mayben will command the newly-
Appointment of the cadet offi
cers was announced in a general
order, published by order of Col.
H. L. Boatner, commandant and
PMS&T, with the approval of the
president of the college and the
dean of men.
Corps Staff
Named to the corps staff for the
coming year are Lieut. Colonels
Frank L. Sheffield, adjutant; Car-
roll C. Taylor, intelligence officer;
James E. Pianta, operations offi
cer; John M. Oglesby, supply offi
cer; Richard L. Goodwin, com
mander of the consolidated band;
Dave Coslett, public information
officer; Wallace B. Ball, commun
ications officer; Royal F. Brown,
corps information officer; and
Curtis Edwards, corps chaplain.
Master Sergeants Jesse C.
Fletcher, supply sergeant; Bob
Chapman, communications ser
geant; Charles R. Dunn, artillery
regiment liaison; Harold T. Chand
ler, first Air Force group liaison;
Eric W. Carlson, second Air Force
group liaison; A. F. Madison, com
posite regiment liaison; Roy R.
Strieckhart, armor-engineer liai
son; Voris R. Burch, consolidated
band liaison; and Kenneth M. Wig
gins, corps information sergeant.
Consolidated Band Hq.
Major Robert W. Jack, executive
officer; Captains, Hubert P. Davis,
adjutant; Mike A. Adkisson, in
telligence officer; Major Henry G.
Wickes, operations officer; Captain
William S. Price, supply officer
Maroon Band
Captain Joe E. Rutherford, com
mander; Captain Robert H. Buch
anan, drum major; Lieutenants,
Edwin S. Snead, executive officer;
John F. Ready and Victor M. Du
vall, platoon leaders; Ronald E.
Foshee, athletic officer; Donald C
Thorn, scholastic officer; James
W. Rogers, first sergeant; Platoon
sergeants Richard L. Robinson,
Louis R. Latch, Vernon R. Berry,
supply sergeant, Louis E. Robin
son; platoon guides, Roy M. Red-
wine, Thomas W. Carlisle; Squad
leaders Leon R. Bennett and Hiram
J. Thomas.
White Band
Captain Charles H. Neeley, com
mander; Lieutenant, Hugh M.
Scott, platoon leader; William E.
Elmore, scholastic officer; Wil
liam D. Moore, John K. Miller, pla
toon sergeants; Sam A. Beck Jr.,
scholastic sergeant; Jtrry S.
Dugan, supply sergeant; Boydie
Fereday, Richard A. Green, platoon
guides; Willis O. Swearingen, Al
len H. Cooper, squad leaders.
Infantry Regiment Hq.
Colonel Wilman D. Barnes, com
mander; Lt. Col. Jack H. Holloway,
executive officer; Majors, Albert
J. Dennis, adjutant, Marion F.
Thomas, supply officer; J. W. Dal-
ston, sergeant major; Lewis E.
Jobe, operations sergeant.
First Battalion Hq.
Lt. Col. Horace M. Sanders, com
mander; Major Paul C. Coffin,
executive officer; Captain LeVon
Massengale, supply officer; For
est W. Snyder, sergeant major;
Ted M. Stephens, supply sergeant.
A Infantry
Captain Arthur W. Noll, com
mander; Lieutenants, Don V. Sti-
gall, executive; Joseph A. Perry,
platoon leader; Richard E. Bick-
ham, scholastic sergeant; Charles
E. Clinger, squad leader.
B Infantry
Captain Kenneth W. Schaake,
commander; Lieutenant Macky R.
Trickery, platoon leader; Richard
F. Semlinger, first sergeant; Wal
ter E. Stallings, John H. Hancock,
platoon sergeants; Charles E. Se
besta, scholastic sergeant; Malcolm
E. Strateman, athletic sergeant;
Albert S. Goodloe, squad leader.
C Infantry
Lieutenants, Jim B. Steen, exe
cutive; Alvin N. Deck, platoon lead
er; Ralph O. Bass, scholastic of
ficer; Bibb A. Underwood, first Molinas,” short.
sergeant; William W. Lockridge,
Kelly B. Anderson, platoon ser
geants; Carlton C. Kothmann,
scholastic sergeant; Melvin D. Riff,
Carl A. Peterson, squad leaders.
Second Battalion Hq.
Lt. Col. Billy J. Brabham, com
mander; Major Charles T. Easley,
executive officer; Captain Jerry L.
King, adjutant; Frank E. Hood,
supply sergeant.
D Infantry
Captain Henry C. Atchison, com
mander; Lieutenants, Robert E.
Hill, executive; Leroy B. Shaw,
scholastic officer; Fred H. Walton,
platoon sergeant; Robert C. Mc
Arthur, platoon guide; Roy C.
Johnston, squad leader.
E Infantry
Lieutenant Francis R. Wilhite,
athletic officer; Paul L. Shaffer,
first sergeant; Kenneth Grant,
platoon sergeant; Victor E. Zou-
zalik, James H. Sherrill, squad
leaders.
Artillery Regiment Hq.
Colonel David G. Haines, com
mander; Lt. Col. James A. Warm-
ker, executive; Majors, Edward
B. McAllister, intelligence offi
cer; Robert S. Bradley, operations
officer; Joseph D. Hinton, supply
officer; James G. Anderson, ser
geant major; Lloyd W. Booth, sup
ply sergeant; James\ H, Hughes,
transportation sergeant; Lynn W.
Stallings, color sergeant.
First Battalion Hq.
Lt. Col. Charles R. Ruble, com
mander; Major A. Jackson Stans-
bury, executive; Captains, Wil
liam J. Dunlap, adjutant; Joe L.
Johnson, intelligence officer; Wal
lace Hooper, Jr., supply officer;
John H. Wallace, sergeant major,
Alfred F. Summey, supply ser
geant.
A Field Artillery
Captain Charles L. Sanders,
commander; Lieutenants, Martin
Rachofsky, executive; Joe A. Bra
den, William H. Cox, platoon lead
ers; Charles A. Chambers, scho
lastic officer; Donald L. Tschir-
hart, platoon sergeant; Paul D.
Moore, scholastic sergeant; Jack
D. Grossett, supply sergeant; Mal
colm G. Dyer, Stanley A. Mosteller,
platoon guides.
B Field Artillery
Lieutenants, Robert B. Johnson,
Eugene W. Tynes, platoon leaders;
Lloyd T. McBerth, scholastic of
ficer; Robert L. French, Charles
M. Harrison, platoon sergeants;
Donavan Eads, scholastic ser
geant; Billy J. Neal, L. O. Tiedt,
platoon guides; Pinckney D. Terry,
Seneca Cowan, Owen R. Davis,
Jack B. Brannon, squad leaders.
C Field Artillery
Captain Mark R. Corbitt, com
mander; Lieutenant Howard J.
Bernhardt, athletic officer; Fred
B. McDaniel, John B. Dickson, pla
toon sergeants; Ernest A. Elmen-
dorf, scholastic sergeant; James S.
Noel, supply sergeant; William B.
Hayes Jr., platoon guide; Roger
H. Jenswold, squad leader.
Second Battalion Hq.
Lt. Col. Richard M. Elliott, com
mander; Major Clyde E. Schultz,
operations officer; Captain Ken
neth S. Hartman, supply officer;
Horace W. Van Cleave, sergeant
major, David R. Carnahan, supply
sergeant; Kenneth E. Williams,
communications sergeant.
D Field Artillery
Captain Morris W. Davis, com
mander; Lieutenants, James R.
Brigance, executive; George B.
Coleman, platoon leader; William
R. Smith, athletic officer; Robert
A. D. Martin
Miss Mansell Resigns
Miss Barbara Mansell, secre
tary to J. Wayne Stai'k, director
of the Memorial Student Center,
has announced that she will leave
next week for Louisiana State
University where she will study
clothing and textiles.
At the Grove
Tonight
8 p.m. Eagle-Lion production,
“Strange Mrs. Crane,” plus “Carlos
K. Hedrick, scholastic officer;
Walter E. Fosberg, first sergeant;
Charles E. Myers, platoon ser
geant; Donald R. McCoy, platoon
guide; John J. Millinder, squad
leader.
E Field Artillery
Captain James C. Lewis, com
mander; Lieutenants, Ervin E.
Frierson, executive; Tommy F.
Green, Charles L. Pealer, platoon
leaders; John A. Schmidt, first
sergeant; James E. Matush, scho
lastic sergeant; John E. May, ath
letic sergeant; Lawrence Ashburn,
supply sergeant; Milton P. Geiger,
Joe D. Stein, platoon guides; Fol-
ton L. Colvin, William H. Beasley,
James M. Harmon, Don P. Warden,
squad leaders.
Coast Art. Battalion Hq.
Lt. Col James E. Higgins, com
mander; Captain William T. Kauf
man, adjutant, Major Fred L. Max
well Jr., operations officer; Charles
H. Davis, sergeant major; Robert
C. Hulon, supply sergeant.
A Coast Artillery
Captain William R. Cornish,
commander; Lieutenant Joseph C.
White, executive; Clinton R. Hack
ney, first sergeant; Erwin W.
Neuvar, supply sergeant; Don Y.
Fisher, Earl W. Dancer, squad
leaders.
B Coast Artillery
Captain Carl H. Hagan, com
mander; Lieutenants, James J.
Moore, platoon leader; Hubert C.
Wirtz, athletic officer; J. M. Clif
ford, first sergeant; Eugene H.
Nixon Jr., scholastic sergeant;
Maurillo Ollervides, supply ser
geant.
1st Air Force Group Hq.
Colonel Jack L. Raley, command
er; Majors, Richard B. Kelly, ad
jutant; Francis A. Vickery, intel
ligence officer; Gerald W. Han
son, supply officer; Charlie F.
Parr, sergeant major; Elden G.
Clayton, supply sergeant; James T.
Hilman, communications sergeant;
Hershel A. Sexton, color sergeant.
First Squadron Hq.
Lt. Col. Bert S. Bailey, com
mander; Major Emory L. Meek,
executive; Captains, George V.
Charlton, adjutant; Charles E.
Francis, intelligence officer; Major
Forrest A. Garb, operations offi
cer; Captain William D. Richard
son, supply officer.
A Air Force
Captain Eugene B. Morrison,
commander; Lieutenant Billie C.
Adams, executive; John T. Tapley,
first sergeant.
B Air Force
Captain Henry G. Phillips, com
mander; Lieutenants, Don A. Mor
ton, executive; Phil R. Cobb, James
H. Modlin, platoon leaders; Ray
mond D. Forrest, scholastic offi
cer; Hansel C. Kennedy, first ser
geant.
C Air Force
Captain Robert G'. Blanchard,
commander; Lieutenants, Richard
H. Weatherall, Stephen G. Dard-
aganian, platoon leaders; Walter
E. Koepp, scholastic officer; Stan
ley R. Livesay, first sergeant;
Charles G. Beasley, platoon ser
geant; William T. Sistrunk, ath
letic sergeant; William M. Burkes
Jr., scholastic sergeant; Ernest L.
Brown, supply sergeant; Robert P.
Souther, platoon guide; Henry L.
Snow, William J. Cervenka, squad
leaders.
Second Squadron Hq.
Major Richard R. Tumlinson,
executive; Captain Norman Bras-
lau, intelligence officfcr; Major
Ray W. Long, operations officer;
Captain Arnold F. Schmitz, sup
ply officer; Edwin W. Hoskins,
supply sergeant.
I) Air Force
Captain Clarence E. Jones, com
mander; Lieutenants, Roy P. Gold-
ston, executive; Richard L. Pipes,
platoon leader; Bruce F. Carruth,
athletic officer; Don F. Kendell,
(See Colonels, Page 2)