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I Circulated to More Than 90% of College Station’s Residents Battalion For Top Stories Of Pre-Korean Decade, Turn To Page Four PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 82: Volume 51 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1951 Price Five Cents U. N. Expected To Point Out China As Korea Aggressor Lake Success, Jan. 30—•tf’i—The United Nations is expected to name Communist China as an aggressor in Korea today, 12 weeks after Ceii. MacArthur first reported Chi nese Red forces had entered the fight. Russia and Poland served notice they would speak, in the 00-nation political committee against such cilidemnation, and India warned that passage of the U. S. resolution would end all hope of a peaceful settlement in the Far East. The protracted debate, which roused American emotions to the boiling point, brought about a great see-saw of opinion but end ed Monday with 43 countries, in cluding Britain, lined up behind the United States. This is many ore than needed for passage of (he resolution. The United States put all the pressure at its command, including a statement by President Truman and resolutions by the House and Senate, into the drive to label the Communist Peiping regime an ag gressor. ijf Chief opposition came from the Soviet bloc, which maintains that the U. S. is the aggressor against Korea and China, and from India, which fears a sharp word to the Chinese Reds may sef off World War III. India sparked a drive to push through a resolution calling for an other peace appeal to Peiping. The Chinese Communists have already rejected three previous such offers. Sir Benegal N. Uau, chief In dian delegate, said Monday re fusal to pass his resolution, co sponsored by 11 Arab-Asian na tions, would close the door to a peaceful solution. Other diplomats asked how it was possible to close a door on someone who never had admitted it was open. The Arab-Asian resolution, on which a vote also was scheduled, would set up a seven-power con ference to solve Far Eastern prob lems. Members would be the Unit ed States, Russia, Communist Chi na, Britain, France, India and Egypt. At Canada’s suggestion it was modified to provide that the group should arrange a cease fire in Korea before proceeding to any other business- Following submission of this Allies Approaching Reds’ Main Force Tokyo, Jan. 30 — UP) — Allied \ troops, maneuvering against the rattle of automatic weapons and U small arms fire, edged closer to the main Communist force in West ern Korea today. K The deep-throated roar of artil lery and naval guns added to the battle bedlam and the pall of smoke from villages fired by napalm (jel lied gasoline) bombs and the raking ,i fire of heavy U. N. air attacks. The nearest approach to Chi nese Red and North Korean Com munist strength was in the sec- tion northwest from Ichon, Kum- • yangjang and Su\yon, all in Al lied hands. J Red resistance stiffened on the main road northward out of Suwon Tuesday. By late afternoon U. S. and Puerto Rican troops advancing northeast of Suwon had made gains of from one to one and a half miles, against moderate but in- ifr- creasing opposition. The Battleship Missouri and a heavy naval attack force teamed with carrier-based planes to plas ter the Korean east coast town of "Kansong, 25 miles north of Par- jllel 38. Seed Breeders Set Convention To Open Friday The annual convention of the Texas Certified Seed Breeders As sociation will open here Friday for a two day meeting. Headquarters ’ for the association will be the Memorial Student Center. John White, Commissioner of Agriculture, will be a guest of the association during the meeting. Registration will begin at 9 a. tn. Friday. At 10 o’clock an inspec- ’ion tour of the research plant- oreeding projects of the Experi ment Station will take place. This tour will last two hours. Dr. T. R. Richmond and other members of the staff will be in charge. At 1:30 p. m. President John D. Rogers will call the meeting to or der. Dean of Agriculture C. N. Shepardson will deliver the wel coming address. Among the speakers will be R. V. Miller, L. F. Curl, USDA, San Antonio; Dr. H. G. Johnson, Head, Entomology department, and Fred Elliott, cotton work specialist with the Agronomy department. On Friday evening the annual banquet will be held in the MSC. President John D. Rogers will be toastmaster. A program of music will follow. Cesar Hohn will speak on ‘‘Water Conservation,” and M. , D, Moore of Fort Worth will speak on “Seed Treatment.” A film will he shown in connection with the speech. Members will meet at 7:30 a. m. Saturday for a group breakfast. R. D. Lewis, director of the Agricul tural Experiment Station, will pre side over the morning session. Other morning speakers will be L. C. Coffey, R. E. Karper, R. C. Potts, and E. S. McFadden of the Agronomy department. Following the morning session, a business meeting will lx? held. Dancing Instruction Classes Resume Tonight Dancing instruction classes will resume tonight at 7 o’clock in the MSC, Betty Bolandor, assistant MSC social director, announced this morning. The Navy’s east coast bom bardment was called the heaviest of recent months. A spokesman said rail ai^d highway bridges were the principal targets. A naval release late Tuesday said the Battleship Missouri alone pour ed more than 1,000 rounds of 16- inch and five-inch ammunition into the Kansong area in the first hour of the neutralization bombardment. The light cruiser Manchester and nine destroyers, firing over the masts of minesweepers dealing the area, added to the tremendous vol ume of naval gunfire. Task Force 77 carrier-based planes hit previously assigned targets in the same area. The coastal town behind the Chinese lines took a terrific beating. A Navy dispatch said the task force approached Kansong under cover of darkness. Opened up with its big guns at 7 a.m. (5 p.m, EST Monday.) By sunup, 16 minutes later, all naval batteries were firing and at 7:45 a.m. the first strike of Navy skyraiders streaked overhead on the way to their targets. Smoke rose from the Sea of Ja pan port city as the big shells tore into the town. Due north of Suwon, the Chi nese were making increasing use of artillery. Twenty-five rounds were hurled against Puerto Rican troops fighting for a slushy hill about four and one-half miles northeast of Suwon. Frontline officers said the shells probably were fired from 75-m.m. pack guns. Delayed reports said a Negro in fantry platoon killed an estimated 50 Reds in a bitter local fight for a hill position Monday. Greek, U. S., Puerto Rican, Turk ish, British and South Korean doughboys dug the Communists out of their foxholes with rifles, bay onets and gun butts. amendment, Poland announced it had to speak again in the debate. The U. S. declared a cease-fire was a military matter and not one to be threshed out at an interna tional conference. American delegates also declared that the U. N.-recognized Republic of Korea should be present at any conference at which Korea was dis cussed and that Nationalist China should sit in at any huddle on For mosa. Britain, evidently anticipating passage of the American resolu tion, asked Monday for a meet ing of the security council be tween acceptance of the U. S. proposal by the political commit tee and adoption by a plenary session of the general assembly. British delegate Sir Gladwyn Jebb said the reason was to prevent any future cries of “illegal resolu tion” since the U. N. charter may be interpreted to mean that the assembly can not take any action on a problem before the security council. The council, although it has not met since November, still has the Korean war on its agenda. Jebb said the meeting would be to take Korea off the security council agenda—a procedural mat ter not subject to the Russian veto. He told reporters the council action shouldn’t take more than ten min utes. Britain’s procedural aid was es pecially appreciated by the United States. It was only Monday that the foreign office decided to sup port the American resolution. The shift in London’s attitude came about because of a speech Saturday by U. S. Delegate Warren R. Austin. Non-Communist dele gates unanimously called it ‘great.’ It was formalized as an amendment to the U. S. resolution by Lebanon. Badges of Merit Robert McClure, Jr., 23, of Texarkana, holds all 111 merit badges possible in Boy Scout work. He won the awards in ten years and eight months. McClure was cadet corps commander at Texas A&M in 1948 and 1949, and a World War II infantryman. He now is director of the Boys Club in Texarkana. McClure is believed to be the first scout in the United States to earn all the awards. Raymond Cobb, 25, of West Palm Beach, Florida, also holds all 111 awards. More Sleet, Weather in Freezing Store For College Station Area Freezing rain and sleet with temperatures in the low twenties and below marked the coldest, weather recorded in College Station in two years. Little relief from the cold mass which gripped the entire state with below freezing temperatures was forecast here this morning. Resi dents of College Station skidded along on a thin coat of sleet and ice that has been frozen on the ground since 8:30 a.m. Monday. The sleet began to fall at about 8 a.m. yesterday and came down intermittently during the day, freezing temperatures kept it packed on the ground. The cold weather is the worst this area has seen since January, 1949 as temperatures dropped to a low of 17 above last night. High est temperature recorded in the College Station area yesterday was 33 degrees with .17 inches preci pitation on record early this morn ing. More Ice, Sleet The CAA weather station at Bryan Field forecast more freezing rain, sleet, or snow this afternoon, tonight, and early tomorrow, with little change in temperature antic ipated. Automobiles in the city were forced to travel at a snail’s pace over the icy streets. City officials reported no major accidents during the cold weather spell, although several cases of bumped fenders Leave Your Light On For Mothers March On Polio Wednesday Pleven Briefs Truman on East Washington, Jan. 30—UP)—Presi dent Truman was told by French Prime Minister Pleven Monday that the fight to keep Indo-China out of communist hands has taken a decided turn for the better. The visiting French leader was reported to have given an encour aging summary of the military picture in Indo-China during his first meeting with President Tru man at the White House. Pleven emphasized, however, that the long-range outlook in In do-China depends on the extent to which Communist China intervenes in support of the communist-led rebels. The President and Pleven were reported to have agreed to a re view of the current American mili tary aid program to the 150,000 French troops and loyal native for ces in Indo-China. American and French military experts were told to examine pre sent shipment schedules to deter mine whether new priorities should be assigned to speed deliveries of some urgently needed arms and equipment. f The initial meeting was limited to. a discussion of Korean and In do-China probleiris. The White House said in a for* * mal announcement after-ward: “This review revealed a funda mental identity of policy between the government of France and the United States.” By JOEL AUSTIN Battalion City Editor Seven until 8 p. m. is the time, and your home is the place for the big “Mother’s March on Polio” scheduled for Brazos County to morrow evening - . March of Dimes officials have completed plans for a county-wide canvass of every home during that hour for contribution to the lag ging 1951 dimes drive. Hundreds of workers have volunteered to Degrees Given College Station, Bryan Students Twelve advanced degrees were conferred by A&M on students of the College Station and Bryan *- ?a on January 26. Twenty-three n. n from the College Station-Bryan area received their baccalaureate degrees. The master of science degrees were awarded to James W. Potts, rural sociology; John Patton Bak er, animal husbandry; William Hairy Culver, horticulture; John Edwin Endrizzi, genetics; Robert R. Rhodes, range and forestry; Thomas M. Stubblefield, agricul tural economics. Master of education degrees were awarded to Robert Lee Hunt and Robert Oscar Murray Jr. Lawrence Edward Stark received a master of education degree in industrial edu cation. Bryanites Edward Layne Rabb and James Cammack Wilhoit both received their master of science degrees. Rabb’s degree was for bi ology and Wilhoit’s was for me chanical degree for graduate work in agricultural education. Baccalaureate degrees were con ferred upon Howard J. Chapman and Woodrow W. Gilpin, agricul tural administration; Elmer W. Smith, agricultural engineering; Janies K. Walker Jr., entomology; Roy G. Wetzel, liberal arts; Don ald H. Hooten and Bennie A. Zinn Jr., business; Wilber D. Kutach, education; James G. Lancaster, ar- chitectural construction and Joseph W. Mogford, industrial ed ucation. All named above are resi dents of College Station. The following, all of Bryan, re ceived their baccalaureate degrees. Ken T. Wood, agricultural educa tion; Richard C. Qualtrough, egri- cultural engineering; Donald F. Carroll, agronomy; J. J Kurtin, animal, science; Willis B. Hicks, wildlife management; George R. Stuart, physical education; James F. Slowley, chemistry; Emmett Trant Jr., archiitecture; Frederick C. Hall, and John H. Ludwig, aero engineering; Harold D. Butler, ar chitectural construction; Joe H. McFarland, civil engineering; Wil liam D. Davis, management engin eering. help in the hour-long campaign whidh will get underway in Biyan with a blast from the fire whistle and a reminder from police car sirens in College Station. Between the hours of 7 and 8 p. m. tomorrow night the volun teers will cover pre-assigned areas within the two cities as well as adjoining- rural roads and commun ities, stopping only at homes which have an outside light on, be it a porch light, flashlight, or candle. Final Effort The house-to-house canvass will be conducted as one of several final TURN OjN . . YOUR PORCH LIGHT FIGHT POLIO Napier Named Air Camp Chief Colonel Ezekiel W. Napier, PAS&T, has been appointed camp commander for Air Force ROTC summer camp. All Air Force students scheduled for summer camp from A&M will attend camp at Kelly Air Foi-ce base. This is a change from pre vious summer camp schedules, as Air Force maintenance, installation and administration students will all go to the same summer camp. The camp will begin June 25 and will last six weeks. Air Force stu dents who complete their academic and ROTC course prior to the end of academic year 1951 and 1952 will attend this camp. The course to be taught will be a general course emphasizing wing base type of organization and plan ning. Ag Station Receives Experiment Money An additional contribution of $1,000 has been received by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, for the purpose of mak ing “An Organizational and Econo mic Analysis of Agricultural Mar keting Cooperatives of Texas.” The contribution is from Texas Federation of Cooperatives of Dal las. efforts to meet the $5,000 'goal for money to fight polio, publicity chairman Bob Cain advised. Cain pointed out that only those houses with a light on will be con tacted for donations. He urged everyone in Brazos County to re member the hour and have their light on when the workers arrive. People living- in College View have been asked by college author ities to not place any kind of light on their home due to the fire haz- zard, but workers in that area will be on the lookout for old shoes, ties, or other symbols placed on the doors. A special radio program over Bryan station KORA at 6:15 to- Dean Trotter Speaker At Lion’s Club “How Does America Do It?” was the subject of a talk son made yesterday to the College Station Lion’s Club by Dr. Ide P. Trotter, dean of the graduate school. Speaking on education and the various methods of educational im provements, Dr. Trotter pointed to the Morril Act of 1862 as the turn ing point in establishing modern educational facilities in the United States. “We should be interested in pro moting appreciation of land grant schools,” Dean Trotter said, “for they were designed to teach people the things they need to know in every day life and also the infor mation to support those facts. “This act, which was the basis of the establishment of Texas A&M, marked an education turn ing- point still not culminated,” he said. Bob Cain, publicity chairman for the Brazos County March of Dimes drive which the Lion’s organiza tion is sponsoring, reported on plans for the “Mother’s March on Polio” to be held Wednesday night. Seven volunteers were enlisted to help contact residents of various rural areas within Brazos county during the county-wide campaign. Weick Renamed To NCAA Sub-Post Professor Fred E. Weick, direct or of personal aircraft research, has been renamed a member, of the subcommittee on stability and con trol, a technical subcommittee of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Members of the NACA’s commit tees and subcommittees are select ed because of their technical abil ity, experience, and recognized leadership in their field. They serve without compensation. morrow night will advertise the “maf-ch” which is scheduled to be gin 45 minutes later. John Sperry, Vemon Callaway, and Mrs. C. F. Rainwater, all parents of children who have had polio, are to be in charge of the program. Rural Area Volunteers Seven members of the College Station Lions Club, sponsorers of the 1951 campaign, have volunteer ed to contact all residents along various rural routes leading from College Statiion and Bryan. Scrolls for identification pur poses were issued to the workers yesterday and will be shown for the asking to any willing donor who doubts a worker’s authority, the chairman said. Names of donors and their donations will be entered on the sci-olls. Mothers in charge of the various College Station areas are as fol lows: Mrs. Lee Thompson, Wood land Acres; Mrs. John Quisenberry, College Hills (north of Francis Street); Mrs. Lester O’Bannon, College Hills (south of Francis Street); Mrs. Sid Loveless, South Oakwood; and Mrs. Frank Ander- College Park. Other area chairmen aiding* in the “Mother’s March on Polio” are Mrs. Ray Oden, West Park; Mrs. Wm. Breazeale, college cam pus; Mrs. W. D. Fitch, North Cate; Mrs. Louise Lyon, College View, and Mrs. Jack Kent, Beverly Es tates. due to skidding- on the ice have oc curred. • Dean of Men W. L. Penberthy said this morning that apparently all students had made it back to school safely. No accidents have been reported to his office. Other places in the state felt the sharp sting of Jack Frost. The Associated Press reported Dalhart as the coldest spot in Texas with four above zero. Amarillo was next with five above. Fruit Trees in Danger The Rio Grande Valley’s fruit trees appeared to be in danger as the freezing weather spread to the southern extremes of the state. Fruit growers were not so wor ried about losing- their present crop as they were the freezing- of the trees which would hinder produc tion for some years to come. Accidents on the ice covered highways of the state were report ed to be at a minimum by state highway officials, although several minor incidents have been recorded since late Sunday when the cold mass moved into Texas, Garrison Warns Drivers Col. Homer Garrison Jr., director of the Texas Department of Public Safety warned all motorists to use second gear for starting, stopping Bryan Field Reactivated For Jet Base Bryan Air Force Base, leased for four years by A&M, will be reactivated by the Air Force for use as an advanced single engine jet training- school with some $6,242,000 allocated by congress to meet costs of getting the field back into operation. Used by the college to house freshmen students, the Annex, as it was commonly known, has not been used for Air Force training pur poses since 1945 when leased by A&M to meet overcrowded condi tions on the campus. The Bryan base was one of sev eral Texas bases included in the $337,000,000 to be spent by the Air Force in expanding its train ing centers throughout the United States. Approximately 3,000 personnel will be stationed at the base which is scheduled to have improvements made to barracks, utilities, and training buildings. The funds for reactivating Bryan Air Force Base will come from ap propriations made last December for projects not as essential as this operation. Money to be spent on the base will be made up in another military deficiency appropriations bill now being prepared by the de fense department. Announcement has not yet been made as to when work will begin on the reactivation program, nor exactly when Air Force personnel expect to again occupy the base. Redistricting Delayed For E-Texans’ Views Austin, Jan. 30—(A 5 )—The House Committee on redistricting decided Monday that abolishing East Texas voting districts is too hot for out siders to handle. The committee will let lawmak ers from the pine tree country fight it out at a subcommittee meeting next Monday. The section will lose seats in the legislature. Losers in Monday’s debate may not have a district to call their own when redistricting is complete. Two, three, and sometimes four East Texas counties would have to be thrown together to contain a “fair share” of the voters. With big-city counties excluded, a “fair share” is about 47,500 people per representative, under Rep. Harley Sadler’s bill which the committee worked on Monday. Rep. Paul S. Wilson’s predica ment is typical. He represents San Augustine and Sabine counties with a combined population of 17,000. He’d like to have a new district built around his two coun ties instead of having them split and tacked onto some other dis trict. Wilson sounded the warning/that prompted Chairman Bill Fly to ar- range for East Texas problems to be settled by East Texans. “East Texas is going to have to lose,” Wilson began, “but we think we should have a right to say what’s best for East Texas when it happens.” Fifty-two counties will be af fected; At corners of the area are Bowie, Grayson, Milam and New ton counties. Crafts Shop Open For $1 Per Term For only a buck a semester, Ag gies may join the Crafts Commit-_ tee and enjoy the facilities of the crafts shop in the MSC. Instructors will be furnished, with individual instruction as students desire. Tools will be supplied for working in leather, ceramics, plastics, metal or wood. Students may sign up for the Crafts Committee in the front of fice of the MSC any time after Wednesday. Non-students may pay a fee of $2 per six weeks and be entitled to use of all crafts shop facilities. Schedule of the shop will be made after the Crafts Committee has made its recommendations. The shop is open temporarily from 7 until 10 o’clock in the evenings. and going down hills in icy weath er. “Smooth, deliberate manipulation of the steering wheel, the accelera tor, the clutch pedal and the brake pedal is the best safeguard against losing control,” Col. Garrison em phasized. “Abrupt use of any one of these controls will start a skid.” The Safety director stressed the danger of quick stops on icy streets. A car traveling 20 miles per hour on packed snow requires 69 feet to stop. On glare ice, its 1.69 feet. Under normal conditions the car would take only 21 feet of stopping space. “Use brakes only to ease the vehicle to a spot stop,” Col. Gar rison said. Draft Rules Concern Status Of College Men New regulations concerning the status of students under the pro visions of the Selective Service Act have been announced by the Direc tor of Selective Service. Quoted is a joint release of the Department of Defense and the Director of Selective Service. “The Department of Defense and the Selective Service System, took two actions today to make effective the new basic policy for voluntary en listment in the Armed Forces by college students. “The Secretary of Defense, Gen eral Marshall, issued orders of ficially rescinding, in the case of college students, an agreement, un der which no armed service would accept a voluntary enlistment af ter a man had received notice to report for his pre-induction physi cal examination. Last Month “Simultaneously, the Director of Selective Service, Major General Lewis B. Hershey, announced that he would reopen, in the last month of the college year, the classifica tion of all students who were or dered to report for induction dur ing the year, but whose induction was postponed, and who desire to volunteer by enlistment in a serv ice of their choice. General Her shey stated that the act of reopen ing these classifications would re quire the cancellation of any order to report for induction which might have been issued and therefore automatically renew the right of these students to enlist in the serv ice of their choice.” “This implementation of the ba sic policy announced January 19th will make it possible for those al ready ordered for induction, as well as those who may be ordered dur ing the balance of the college year, to select their service at the time their classifications are reopened in the final month of the academic year, provided the service is able to take them.” “General Hershey, in announcing his intention to reopen such cases and thus reinstate the right to enlist at that time, emphasized that no change in the obligation of students to serve was contempla ted. Procedures for accomplishing reopening of classifications would be announced latei\ “Students will not have to select their service in the two months im mediately preceding the final month of the academic year, as previously announced.” /s/ PAUL L. WAKEFIELD Brig. Gen., ACC, TNG State Director General Marshall said the new rules would prove of benefit to the students, the colleges and the de fense effort. He emphasized the importance of maintaining a vig orous educational system and elim inating the unsettled conditions that have developed on many cam puses as a result of large-scale en listments by men who evanted to enlist before they received their Selective Service calls. General Marshall urged college students enrolled in the Officers’ Training Corps to make every effoi't to complete their courses. ROTC is a fundamental element in all Department of Defense plan ning for expansion and mainten ance of the armed forces, General Marshall declared. For this rea son, he said, the Selective Service Act defers from induction during all their college yeai'S ROTC stu dents who sign agreements to ac cept commissions and to serve a minimum of two years on active duty in the military service. GeP- eral Marshall stressed that all ROTC students who successfully fulfill the training and physical requirements are assured of com missions. /s/ EARL MeGRATH, U. S. Commissioner of Education