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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Nation’s Top
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Lumberman’s 1949 Contest
Number 45: Volume 51
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1950
Price Five Cents
Freezing Weather
Slows UN Fighters
On Korean Front
liy The Associated Press
Seoul, Korea, Nov. 14—'A?)—A
frozen silence settled over Korean
, battlefields today.
' Temperatures of six above zero
virtually paralyzed the northwest-
ern front where an estimated 90,000
" Chinese Communists face the con
centrated U. S. First Corps. It was
even colder in the northeast.
Ice-tipped winds swept down
from mountain peaks on the quilted
Chinese and. in shivering Ameri
cans, many still in summer uni
forms. The U. S. Eighth Army
was rushing arctic clothing to the
chilled troops.
Parka clad marines pushed
through frozen hills in the center
of the line toward Changjin reser
voir and its great hydroelectric de-
■ velopment.
Seventh Advances
Farther east, two regiments of
the U. S. Seventh Division marched
glong ice caked roads in subzero
weather toward the Manchurian
border, 30 miles away.
i Winds of 40 miles an hour made
it difficult for fighting men of the
Seventh Division to breathe. Their
bands and feet were numbed by
the cold.
A thermometer carried by a tiny
wind-tossed plane above them reg
istered 21 degrees below zero. As
sociated Press correspondent Tom
Stone and the pilot, Lt. James C.
* Evans of Columbus, Ga., said an
overcast all hut hid the 17th Regi
ment and the 31st “Polar Bear”
Regiment.
Sleds and oxcarts carried heavy
weapons and equipment through
the mountain loads north of Pung-
. san.
Red Mortars
Red mortars opened up on the
troops three hours after they start
ed the march toward Kapsan, 15
miles northwest. Other Seventh
Division patrols reached the Pujan
reservoir 35 miles southwest of
Pungsan without seeing the enemy.
On the snow covered hills of the
east coast, the South Koreans Cap
ita! Division beat off a tank-led
North Korean attack with the help
of the eight inch guns of the U. S.
♦ Cruiser Rochester and the rockets
of marine planes.
A U. S. Tenth Corps spokesman
said the battle left the South Ko-
< reams secure in their positions on
the Orangchon River, 90 miles
south of the Soviet border.
Forty miles to the west, another
unit of the Capital Division plodded
through six inches of snow toward
‘ ilapsu. Hapsu is a road junction
midway between the scene of the
coastal battle and the advancing
U. S. Seventh Division troops.
Gains Reported
Before: the cold brought a break
in fighting along the western front,
the Eighth Army reported gains
of two miles by British, American
and South Korean troops.
U. S. First Cavalry troops cap
tured high ground on three sides
of the walled city of Yongbyon
Monday after a 48 hour battle
with strong Red forces. They could
look down on Reds putting up de
fenses behind the walls.
Reds also were reported digging
in on high ground west of Pak-
chon, seven miles from the western
end of the allied line on the road
toward Sinuiju, gateway for Com
munist troops coming from Man-
rhuria.
Two B-29s hitting the oft-bomb
ed bridges across the Yalu River
from Sinuiju to Manchuria were
damaged by six Russian-built MIG-
15 jet fighters. The big bombers
• made forced landings at Seoul’s
Kimpo airfield to get medical care
for injured crewmen. Four other
planes were damaged when one
* B-29 ran off the runway.
Jets Driven Off
The six enemy jets were driven
off by American F-80 jets. None
of the jets—American or enemy—
was damaged.
Red ground troops were report
ing resorting heavily to mines and
booby traps along the western front
to check the United Nations ad
vance.
The cold appeared to be doing a
more effective job.
Associated Press Correspondent
Don Whitehead reported ice hung
from canvas water coolers. Fuel
oil was frozen in tent stoves.
“In this cold both United Nations
and Communist forces seemed con
tent to spend their efforts in try
ing to keep warm,” Whitehead re
ported.
He said the unexpectedly early
arrival of winter caught American
forces unprepared. He said he saw
more men in thin cotton garments
than in woolens along the wind
swept roads and fields of the west
ern front.
Three Oscar winner j Maureen O’Hara, John Wayne.
John Ford, Due Here in March
Academy Award Winning Director,
Top Stars to Be at Military Ball
By DAVE COSLETT
Clean up those spot-lights—Hollywood is headed to
ward Aggieland again.
A triple-treat delegation from the land of glitter and
glamour appears destined to lead off the guest list for this
year’s Military Ball scheduled for March 10.
The trio—Academy Award veteran director John Ford,
rough and ready John Wayne and gorgeous Maureen O’Hara,
“Hollywood’s Most Beautiful Woman”—accepted a verbal
invitation tendered them in San Antonio a few weeks back by
Col. H. L. Boatner, commandant and PMS&T.
Boatner cornered the group be-+ - ' -f
tween appearances for the premier T177 1
rhone Workers
John Ford
Infantry-ArtillerySwing-Out
Arrange Regimental Ball
By BOB HUGH SON
The Infantry will stack its rifles,
and the Artillerymen will put away
their cannons and swing out for the
Fish Coach
Guest Speaker
At Lions Club
Perron Shoemaker, fresh
man football coach, told mem
bers of the College Station
Lions Club at their noon
luncheon yesterday football
fundamentals were being stressed
this year with the fish footballers
rather than the game winning team
work.
Shoemaker said the men are
working hard and several prospec
tive varsity players for the 1951
season are progressing nicely, but
the important thing in freshman
football is getting the hoys ready
for varsity play.
Lion’s Club President, Bob Hal-
pin, announced committee appoint
ments for the new club. Named to
the Attendance Committee were
Ralph Hook, Warren LeBourveau,
W. A. Boney, Jr., and Harley Be-
bout. Chris G'ent was appointed
chairman of the Finance Commit
tee, with Ralph Hook and J. B.
Lautherstein as the other members.
The Lions Information Commit
tee will consist of C. L. Seward,
chairman, Rufus L. Vickers, Jr.,
Raymond Rogers, and Lawrence
Brown. O. D. Butler and Bill Carll
will work with R. F. Cain who was
appointed chairman of the Program
Committee.
On the Sight Conservation and
Blind Committee will be A. D. Fow-
eiler, chairman, O. G. Helvey, A. H.
Krezdorn, D. It. Fitch, and C. L.
Seward.
Serving on the Publicity and Bul
letin Committee will be Howard
Berry, chairman, D. R. Fitch, A.
D. Folweiler, and L. E. McCall.
Members of the Boys and Girls
Committee are H. T. Blackhurst,
chairman, Corkey Jackson, Chris
Gent, Raymond Rogers, and Rufus
Vickers.
Appointed to the Community Im
provement and Betterment Com
mittee were A. H. Krezdorn, chair
man, Howard Berry, H. T. Black
hurst, W. A. Boney, Jr., and J. B.
Lauterstein.
Bill Black To Be Featured
As Spivak Plays Saturday
Not all singers are anemic. If
you don’t believe this, drop by
Guion Hall at 7:15 Saturday even
ing and see Bill Black, featured
vocalist of Charlie Spivak’s orches
tra.
If you can’t do that, go on up
to Sbisa Hall about 9 p. m. where
he will be singing with Spivak’s
orchestra as they furnish the music
for the All College Dance, after
the Rice game.
Black, who looks like he should
be playing halfback on some
college team, is a 175 pound
six footer with an excellent bari
tone voice and a sparkling per
sonality.
He began his career at the ten
der age of six when he won a sing
ing contest. He later won acclaim
when he walked off with top honors
in a talent contest sponsored by
Monica Lewis.
This brought him a long term
engagement with Olsen and John
son and later operetta presenta
tions with the St. Louis Municipal
Opera Company.
Bill, who likes to take long walks,
bowl and play golf, was at one
time with Gene Krupa but took a
leave of absence and joined the
Spivak organization.
Other features with Spivak
include lovely Pat Collins, fe
male vocalist, Bobby Rickey, a
sensational young drummer and
Buddy, “The Gentleman From
New Jersey.”
From Student Activities office
comes the announcement that tic
kets for the concert are selling at a
rapid rate. The dance and con
cert tickets, may be secured at
Student Activities office.
Infantry-Artillery Ball, Friday
night in the Ballroom of the MSC
at 8:30 p.m.
Cadets of both regiments will
swing their lassies to the music
of Aggieland Orchestra.
In conjunction with the ball, a
recption will be held in honor of
Major Gen. Andrew Bruce, ’16,
from the headquarters of the
Fourth Army and other honor
guests, in rooms 2A and 2B of the
MSC, at 8:30 p.m. also.
Tickets for the occasion are on
sale through the first sergeants of
the outfits in the Infantry-Artillery
Regiments. Tickets may also be
obtained from Cecil Lewis in Dorm
5-201 or Bill Noll Dorm 1-418.
Featured with the Aggieland Or
chestra under the direction of Bill
Turner, will be Tommy Butler as
vocalist. Gordon Keller will tickle
the ivories while Lindy James will
Hubby Hazes,
Wife Refuses-
Who Loses?
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Seattle,-Nov. 14 — CP).—“Horri
ble!'’ said Mrs. Dorothy C- Horo
witz after looking over the latest
of a series of “pledges” her hus
band Harry submitted for her sig
nature.
So she filed for a divorce in
King County Superior Court last
week.
Mrs. Horowitz, about 25, charged
her huband, a real estate broker
and former Navy lieutenant, sought
to impose rigid discipline. She at
tached to her divorce complaint
what she said was a sample of
one of his “directives’ which she re
fused to sign. It read:
Dear husband: I promise;
Never to embarrass you; to pay
attention to you when you speak to
me; to never smoke; to refrain
from playing the radio too loudly;
to keep my telephone conversations
under five minutes and to space
my calls.
To refrain from making “com
parisons” (we are individuals and
all individuals are different); to
refrain from “harping” on a sub
ject, once the discussion has been
closed: to cook three meals a day
when requested and at the hours
specified.
To continue to do the things I
have done so well, and there have
been no complaints; never to keep
you waiting—I wall always keep
my appointments punctually; to do
everything I can to make our mar
riage a success.”
On the sample presented to the
court clerk, a postscript had been
added by Mrs. Horowitz to her 36-
year-old mate:
“I cannot agree, to the above pro
mises and therefore wmuld like a
divorce.”
Journalism Club
Will Hear Moses
Tad Moses, experiment station
editor, will speak at a joint meeting
of the Journalism Club and the
Ag Journalism Club at 7:30 p. m.
today in the Council Room of the
MSC.
The history of journalism at
A&M and how it came to be taught
here will be the theme of the talk
by the former editor of The Cattle
man.
Anyone interested in newspaper
work, magazine work, or publica
tions of any kind are invited to at
tend the meeting.
take the spotlight with his mellow
renditions on the saxaphone.
During the half time activities of
the dance a sweetheart of each reg
iment will be selected and present
ed wdth a gift from the regiment
and the traditional kiss from the
respective regimental commanders.
Commander of the Infantry Reg
iment is W. D. “Pusher” Barnes
and commander of the artillery is
David Hanes.
Pictures of the sweetheart final
ists chosen for the final selection
at the ball will be carried by the
Battalion in this and succeeding is
sues. Four finalists will be chosen
from each regiment.
Corps seniors with dates are in
vited to attend the dance.
This marks the third regimental
half to be held in the MSC on home
football game weekends during the
Fall semester. Other regiments
holding festivities were the Sev
enth Regiment and the Armor-En
gineer group.
Other regiments of the corps
have laid plans to hold their dances
in the MSC during the Spring se
mester.
Guests Stay in PG
Friday, Saturday
Guests visiting the campus this
week-end will be housed in - PG
Hall, according to a memorandum
from the Office of the Dean of
Men.
Tuesday, 9 a. m. is the time and
Room 100 Goodwin is the place to
make reservations for those who
expect to have guests both Friday
and Saturday nights.
For students having guests only
one night, Thursday, 8 p. m. is
designated as the time to make ap
plication for rooms.
Charge for a room is $1 per
night.
showing of “Rio Grande,” a new
Republic historavaganza.
Director Ford hinted he might
be able to round up a few twinkl
ing young starlets to come along
on the trip. Complete arrangements
, for the stellar visit are now being
'made and will be announced when
completed.
Selection of a name band is still
pending for the Military Ball which
will again grace the floors of
Sbisa. As per usual, a full dress
Corps review will precede the af
fair.
Arrangements are also being
made to secure a more-than-usual
amount of military and diplomatic
brass to join in the activities. And
a few more celebrities might well
wind up on the guest list within
the next four months.
The San Antonio meet was not
the first encounter between Boat
ner and Ford. They first crossed
paths in Burma during the war
when the Hollywood director was
serving in the OSS and the Ag
gie Commandant was a brigad
ier general and “Vinegar Joe”
Stillwell’s chief of staff.
A filmland veteran of 36 years,
the 55-year old Ford has had a
career befitting the finest Holly
wood traditions. Born Sean O’Feen
ey at Cape Elizabeth, Maine, he
arrived in the film capital in 1914
to take a job as a property man
at the old Universal Studios.
By 1919 he had climbed to the
rank of director and tried out his
talents on a western two-reeler
starring Harry Carey.
The 20’s found him working at
the old Fox Studies where he di
rected such notables as “Three
Bad Men,” “Four Sons,” “Moth
er Machree,” and “Lightin’.” The
latter film starred Will Rogers.
Since the 20s he has worked en
tirely free-lance.
His first real bid for fame
came in 1935 when he called the
shots for “The Informer,” an en
deavor that copped him his in
itial “Oscar.” Two more of the
coveted statuettes followed in
1940 and 1941 for “Grapes of
Wrath” and “How Green was
My Valley.”
During the war Ford photo
graphed and edited “The Battle of
Midway” for the War Activities
Committee. He picked up another
decoration or two during this time,
too—the Order of the Purple Heart
and the Chevalier Order of the
Crown of Belgium.
Following the war he and Mer-
ian C. Cooper, a former business
associate formed Argosy Produc
tions which has produced “The
Fugitive,” “Fort Apache,” “Three
(See FORD, Page 4)
Financial Aid Op en
To Club Officers
Officers of any organizations de
siring assistance from the available
Student Life Committee funds
should make application to the Wel
fare and Recreation sub-committee
by November 17, M. L. Cashion,
YMCA secretary and chairman of
the group, said.
The Welfare and Recreation sub
committee consists of Cashion, Lt.
Col. M. P. Bowden, A. D. Martin,
and Lloyd Manjeot.
Sub-committee will make recom
mendations on all requests for
funds to the Student Life Commit
tee when it holds its monthly meet
ing Monday.
Okie A&M Alumni
Elect New Officers
Dr. Richard C. Potts,- associate
professor of agronomy, was elect
ed president of the Oklahoma A&M
College Alumni Club at a meeting
of the group recently.
Hoyle Southern, extension ser
vice, was named vice-president, and
Mrs. Ed Ivy, was named secretary.
D. Earl Newsom, assistant profes
sor of journalism, was re-appointed
publicity man for the organization.
Guest at the meeting was Dr.
Oliver Wilhelm, vice-dean of the
Oklahoma A&M School of Agri
culture, who told the group of the
construction program now under
way at Oklahoma A&M.
Charge AT&T
With Lock-Out
New York, Nov. 14—(IP)
Thousands of long distance
telephone operators charged
they were “locked out” of
their jobs across the nation
yesterday. The American Tele
phone & Telegraph Co. denied it.
The charges marked the fifth
day of the 44-state strike of CIO
Communications Workers of Amer
ica against Western Electric Co., j a l Student Center.
John Wayne
Maureen O’Hara
Immigration Expert
To Address Hillel Club
A woman, who has been called , mittee. She has also worked with
an “Angel of Mercy” by displaced
persons in Europe, will address
members of the A&M Hillel Club
Wednesday night.
Mrs. Cecilia Razovsky David
son, expert in the field of immigra
tion, will speak to the club at 7:30
p. m. in rooms 2 B-C in the Memor-
A.T.&T. manufacturing subsidiary,
in a dispute over wages and length
of contract.
The long lines operators, singing
and marching in large groups, en
tered telephone buildings after
equipment workers shifted their
picket lines to other installations.
Removal of the picket lines is
part of the “hit-run strategy” of
the strikers to throw long-distance
service off balance before enough
supervisors can be mobilized to
man switchboards.
The operators remained in the
buildings only a short time. When
they emerged they charged they
were told to leave after they said
they would continue to respect
picket lines. The operators said
they were told the company had
other workers for their jobs.
A CWA union spokesman said
more than 10,000 long lines work
ers had been “locked out” across
the country. An estimated 1,300
operators left the A.T.&T. long
lines center in New York City.
A telephone company spokesman
said the union charge of a lockout
“is absurd.”
“We are glad to have our em
ployes back if they sincerely wish
to help us do the job,” a statement
by the company said.
“Close and precise scheduling
of our people is needed in order to
meet hour-to-hour service require
ments. Before disrupting the team
that has done such a splendid job
of giving service to the public dur
ing the past several days, we mere
ly wish to know that the returning
people are prepared to meet this
need.”
The spokesman also denied a un
ion charge that the operators were
refused work when they declined
to sign contracts which would have
pledged them to cross picket lines.
“The company is not requiring
employes to sign anything,” the
spokesman said.
She hqs recently returned from
an assignment in Europe in be
half of the Joint Distribution Com-
Council Waits
Bryan-REA OK
Of Power Lines
Plans for a proposed bond
issue was the main topic of
discussion last night as the
College Station City Council
met in regular monthly ses
sion at the City Hall.
The meeting, which tumed out
to be a relatively short, routine
session, had only four subjects on
the agenda. Included in those was
the official passage of an ord
inance which makes electricity
rates agreed upon by the council
last month effective. The new rates
will be observed in all parts of
the city except College Hills which
is now supplied with power from
the Bryan-REA.
Bills for November electricity
consumption in all areas except
College Hills will bear lower charg
es which the council passed on last
night.
The council did nothing on the
proposed purchase of power lines
in the College Hills area which be
long to the REA due to that organ
ization’s failure to answer the City
of Bryan’s request to sell them to
College Station.
The Bryan City Commission pro
mised the local group that some
statement would be made concern
ing the electric lines within the
next week.
Regimental Sweethearts
the National Refugee Service and
with UNRRA.
Born in St. Louis, Mrs. David
son attended the Chicago School
of Social Work and was asso
ciated with the National Council
of Jewish Women as Executive
Secretary of its Department of
Immigrant Aid.
In 1929, she was appointed by
Miss Jane Addams to the Interna
tional Migration Conference of the
League of Nations. As Executive
Director of the National Coordin
ating Committee for Refugees in
1934, Mrs. Davidson worked with
the High Commissioner for Refu
gees of the League of Nations. This
organization later became the Na
tional Refugee Service.
In 1933, Mrs. Davidson became
director of the Migration Depart
ment of the National Refugee
Service and worked for the emi
gration of refugees from Nazi
Germany to Ihe United Slates
and other areas.
In 1943, she joined the Common
Council for American Unity as
Chief of Special Services and Edi
tor of “Interpreter Releases.”
She resigned this post to as
sume the position of specialist of
the displaced persons division of
UNRRA. In this capacity her ser
vices were lent in the spring of
1945 to European headquarters of
the Joint Distribution Committee in
Paris.
There she organized the Central
Location Index through which ser
vice thousands of survivors of Nazi
concentration camps were reunited
with their families.
Mrs. Davidson also organized
a personal service division
through which many refugees
and repatriates were given emer
gency relief, clothing and shelter.
Mrs. Davidson is the author of
numerous articles and pamphlets
on immigration and naturalization,
as well as other problems pertain
ing to the foreign born.
Her pamphlets have been trans
lated into German, Czech, Yiddish
and other languages and have beep
used in Europe by interested gov,*
eminent and private agencies.
Students Sign
ROTC Contracts
Forty-three senior veterans were
among the 700 advanced ROTC stir-
dents who signed military con
tracts last week according to fig-
i ures released by the School of
. Military Science.
The veterans, enrolled under
I special provisions for one year cori-
I tracts, were part of the 449 stu-
I dents signing ground force con
tracts and the 257 affixing their
signatures to Air Force contracts,
On completion of their one year
contracts and successful comple
tion of summer camp requirements,
the former servicemen will be
commissioned second lieutenants in
the Officer’s Reserve Corps.
To be eligible for the special
veteran’s contract the man must
have completed 12 or more months
of honorable service in some mili
tary branch, have a good academic
standing, and no previous ROTC
or A ROTC service.
Billie Beryle Eason
Miss Eason is the name of this lovely lass who
will be one of the sweetheart candidates for the
Infantry-Artillery Ball. Billie, a 17-year-old
junior at Abilene High School, will be escorted
by J. Harold Hughes, junior business major.
Other vital statistics are height 6’ 4”; weight,
112 pounds, eyes blue, hair—light brown.
Marilyn Boeder
Dark and delectible Miss Reeder will be adding
a 5’ 3/i” argument for the spot of Sweetheart
of the Infantry-Artillery Ball Friday night. The
lovely little lass has black hair and brown eyes.
Squiring her before the judges for the evening
will be Bob Collier of B Infantry. Both Bob and
Marilyn are natives of Ft. Worth. She is 18
years old.
Wednesday Drill
Period Cancelled
Wednesday afternoon drill has
been cancelled to compensate for
the extra drill periods devoted to
practice for the recent corps re
views, the Military Department an
nounced.
The freshman regiment will par-
j ticipate in a retreat parade Wed-
i nesday and will be excused from
drill at a later date.