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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Election Date To Be Set Monday
For City Offices
See Page 2
Number 87: Volume 51
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1951
Price Five Cents
Six Sweetheart
Finalists Named
Six finalists in the competi-
lion for Junior Class Sweetheart
were announced late last night
hy Itob Chapman, selection com
mittee chairman.
Appearing in the run-off at
the Junior Prom Saturday night
will he Gayle MacKie, Ruth Ann
Tipton, Mary Ann Pruitt, June
Peevey, Charlene Thurman, and
Lonnie Garrard.
Lucky escorts will be, respec
tively, Robert Bynes, Russell
Smith, Jr., George Grupe, C. L.
Ray, Bob Dobbins, and J o h n
Tapley.
Each of the girls was noti
fied of her selection by wire
last night. The preliminary
judging was done by a student
committee, headed hy Chapman.
Railway Death Toll Reaches 75
In New Jersey; 500 Injured
★ ★ ★ 4
Allied Tanks Crush Reds Near Seoul
Junior
Sweetheart Nominees
Mary Ann Pruitt
... is her name, and Fort Worth
is the spot she calls home. Now
get this. She is a doctor. Yep,
at the ripe old age of 21, she has
received a doctorate. Junior
George Grupe of San Angelo
will escort her.
j Five Alarms Keep
■ City Firemen Busy
t Fires, spread quickly by strong
{breezes, threatened College Station
at least three times yesterday,
j None caused extensive damage.
Two trucks answered the first
call shortly after 1 p.m. Fireman
found a grass fire spreading rap
idly on the Ed Hrdlicka property
just off the old highway. Flames
menaced residences and Other
buildings surrounding the large
tract of land.
A second call about fifteen min
utes later brought a third truck to
battle the wide-spread blaze. Light
damage was inflicted to a barn
owned by Hrdlicka and woodpiles
and boxes in the yards of surround
ing residences. Some homes were
scarred lightly by the flames. _
Only reported interior fire
was at the home of Dorothy
Russians Claim
Germans Plan
New Agg
ression
Paris, Feb. 7—(AP)—Rus-
; sia declared in a note released
by the French Foreign Office
If yesterday that the most ag-
f , gressive elements of Hitlerite
I militarism again are raising their
j beads and demanded that German
> ^.militarization hold the top spot in
& 'die proposed four-power foreign
ministers meeting.
Despite the strong wording, the
Russians left the door open for
the introduction of other subjects,
as desired by the Western powers,
if a conference is held.
Similar notes were sent to the
United States and Britain.
The four powers have been ex
changing views since Nov. 3, when
Russia first proposed that the
four powers discuss the disarma
ment of Germany.
The three Western powers re
plied Dec. 22 that; a conference
limited to Germany would be “in
adequate and unreal.” They pro
posed a preliminary conference to
decide on an agenda that would
take in the main problems respon
sible for present “international
tensions throughout the world.”
• Russia’s reply, delivered to the
western envoys in Moscow Monday,
' appeared to move slightly in the
S direction of breaking down differ-
I: ences over the scope and precedure
of the projected meeting. But it
, was evident some fine legal points
remained to be threshed out.
MacPeterson where a mattress
caught fire. Sparks, apparently,
had entered through an open
window. The mattress was
quickly extinguished.
Pupils from Lincoln School turn
ed out to watch the fire which at
times threatened to approach the
school grounds. Older students
helped residents and firemen in
fighting the fire.
Lack of hydrants kept the three
trucks racing back and forth to the
nearest available source to replen
ish dry tanks.
Unique among the flame-battlers
was L. L. Sweatt of tlie Campus
Security Office who left the scene
of the fire to return later jockey
ing a Farmall tractor borrowed
from the AH Department. Sweatt
had secured the tractor to rescue
a fire truck stuck in mud under
lying the scorched field. His ef
forts were to no avail—the truck
had already escaped.
Firemen checked the spread of
the blaze early but remained
about an hour extinguishing mi
nor fires on the outskirts of the
razed area,..
Cause for the fire was undeter
mined. It apparently spread from
the west portion of the field.
A third alarm sent fireman back
to the original scene to check a
small aftermath of the first fire.
The final call of the day sent the
local department to the new incin
erator to quelch a no-damage fire.
The siren sounded about 6:30 p.m.
Tokyo, Feb. 7—(TP)—Twin allied tank forces joined to
day on the southern approaches to Seoul and killed hundreds
of rear-guard Red troops in a vise of steel.
The allied columns pushed their extreme western Korea
front line forward 2 l /> miles in bitter fighting.
Gains as high as four miles were made against reforming
Chinese Reds who have retreated d 1 /* miles in the face of the
two-weeks limited offensive of the U.N.
The two raider tank columns smashed through minefields
and rear-guard roadblocks for their linkup at 4:45 p.m.
(1:45 a.m., CST) Wednesday TVs-
miles southwest of Seoul. Hun
dreds of enemy troops were trap
ped and slain. ,
Allied warplanes and artillery
piled up the Red toll.
The heavy allied pounding—
mounting with intensity each day-
had cracked the main Communist
defense line south of Seoul. New
Red defense lines were being set
up just south of the frozen Han
River. Planks were strung across
the ice in places to enable the
Chinese to rush tanks, troops and
supplies to their hard-hit 50th
Army.
Reds Pull Back
Allied units captured a well-de
fended hill two miles northwest
of the deserted village of Anyang.
With loss of their strongpoint, the
Reds were forced to pull back to
ward the Han.
The weather was growing so
warm that doughboys shed their
parkas. If it gets much warmer
the Reds south of the Han will
have a thawed-out river at their
hack. That would hamper a re
treat. All bridges across the river
are down.
One allied tank force led hy
Capt. Kenneth Fisher, Johnstown,
Pa., found a big force of the Chi
nese 50th Army behind anti-tank
minefields around Mt. Choggye,
5% miles south of the Han.
Chinese Flee
Suicide squads of Chinese who
were to detonate the mines fled as
the allied tanks rumbled up. Amer
ican soldiers detonated the mines
and the tank task force rolled
through. Its blazing guns caught
the Reds on hillsides and in their
foxholes.
The allied gain in the west came
simultaneously with a big break
through by a South Korean force
(See UN GAINS, Page 4)
Admiral Decker
Speaks Tonight
Admiral Benton W. Decker, who
retired from naval service in June
1950, will give some of the Japan
ese thoughts and opinions in his
talk entitled “Japan, the Far East
and the Occupation” tonight at 8
in the Assembly Room of the Mem
orial Student Center.
The Admiral, former commander
of the American Naval Base at
Yokosuka, Japan will speak from
practical knowledge about some of
the differences between American
and Japanese customs.
The former naval base com
mander is the first of five speakers
scheduled to address the Admin
istration 405, Great Issues class.
Dr. S. R. Gammon, head of the
history Department and chairman
of the committee on great issues
has announced the program is not
only for the 405 class but for the
general public. There will be no
admission, he added.
Yokosuka, located a few miles
from Tokyo, was once the number
one Japanese naval base. In the
four years that Admiral Decker
commanded the base, he developed
it into the keystone of our navy in
the Far East, Dr. Gammon said.
Eric Sevaried, news commentator
for the Columbia Broadcasting
System, previously scheduled to
speak was forced to cancel his en
gagement because of recent inter
national developments which re
quire him to remain in New York.
Scheduled to speak Feb. 19 is
James C. O’Brien, chairman of the
Manpower Division of the National
Resources Conservation Board.
ASA Gets New Unit Insignia
Collar insignias will be going cy to the Signal Corps unit.
, wholesale, this week in Dorm 8. Lieut. Col. Leonard F. Walker,
For there may be a “mass brass” senior ASA instructor, presented
sale from the Army Security Agen- the Security company with its new
insignia yesterday afternoon dur
ing a short retreat ceremony.
Receiving the new unit brass was
Company Commander Joe Wilhelm,
senior dairy husbandry major from
Dickinson.
The insignia is worn in the Army
as “staff specialist reserve.” For
merly termed “staff and admin
istrative reserve,” it .consists of a
sword one and three-eights inches
in length laid horizontally across
the upper part of an open book.
Beiow the sword and across the
lower corners of the book are two
laurel branches, crpssed at their
stems.
Since the unit was first organ
ized here in the Fall of 1947, com
pany members have been wearing
the Signal Corps crossed flags.
In 1947 the ASA was combined
with a Signal unit, but became a
full-sized company in 1948. That
vear it won the Gen. George F.
Moore Award, given annually to
the outstanding company of the
Corps of Cadets.
Last year the company placed
fourth in competition for the same
award.
Oriental Conditions
Discussed in Panel
By JOHN WHITMORE
“We are about about a century
behind in paying attention to the
Far East and now it is blowing up
in our faces.”
This statement made by Col.
Hayden L. Boatner, commandant
and PMS&T, summed up a forum
discussion of the Pacific area held
last night in the YMCA.
He assembled members of the
Military Science staff who had ex
perience in the Pacific area for the
forum.
Over one half of the total popu
lation of the world is located in the
orient, the forum pointed out. They
pointed out this half of the world’s
population was only' “found” at
the time of the Industrial revolu
tion in 1650.
Panel Members
Members of the panel and their
specialties were Lt. Col. Chester C.
Schaefer, New Guinea; Lt. Col.
Shelly P. Myers, Philippine Is
lands. Lt. Col. Jordan J. Wilder-
man, Japan; Maj. Henry R. Greer,
Southwest Pacific; Maj. William A.
Burruss, Guam; CWO George W.
Lynch, Korea; and CWO Robert
B. Mills, Australia.
One reason for the delay in
American study of the Orient, they
pointed out, was that most of the
racial stock of this country comes
from Europe.
It was the consensus of opin
ion of the group that the orientals
resented outside influence of the
occidentals. In regal'd to Korea,
CWO Lynch, said, “The Koreans
don’t give a darn if they have one
of our bathtubs or not. All they
really want is food.”
Pressing Needs
From their first hand experi
ences the members of the panel
Student Senate
Scholarship
Will Be Voted
All students of the college
will vote Thursday night to
select a European country
from which a foreign student
will be brought to the A&M
Campus.
Sponsored by the Student Senate,
the Campus Chest Drive this year
will attempt to furnish money for
two scholarships—the Twelfth Man
Scholarship and the new foreign
student scholarship.
Thursday night’s vote has been
set in order that the student body
can select the homeland of the
scholarship winner.
Three countries will appear on
the preferential ballot: They are
Germany, Austria, and Norway,
with a blank left for any write-in
nominations the voter may have.
Conducting the election are mem
bers of the Senate’s election com
mittee, aided by the various dorm
and area representatives to the
Senate.
Result of the vote will probably
be ready late Thursday night or
early Friday morning, said Don
“Red” Young and George Germond,
committee members.
Taft Won t Run
For President
San Antonio, Feb. 7—(A*)—The
man who managed Senator Robert
Taft’s three successful races for
the Senate said yesterday the
Ohioan won’t run for President in
1952.
After failing twice to win the
Republican Party’s nomination,
Taft “just won’t put on any cam
paign” again, said Willis D. Grad-
ison of Cincinnatit.
Gradison was in San Antonio
for a meeting of the Association of
stock exchange firms’ directors.
He is a member.
Woodbridge, N. J. Feb. 7 — (TP)—A packed Pennsyl
vania commuter train swayed crazily on a newly-opened tres
tle last night, then buckled and plunged down a 20-foot em
bankment. Seventy-five persons were killed.
It was New Jersey’s worst rail disaster—and the third
big wreck in the Metropolitan New York area in less than a
year. The three wrecks took a total of 182 lives.
About 500 persons were injured as the 11-car train—
“The Broker”—bounced off the tracks with a roar and
tumbled down into a twisted mass of deadly wreckage.
It was loaded to the aisles with
homebound commuters — mostly
from New York—on their way to
Red Bank, Long Branch, Asbury
Park and other communities on
New Jersey’s wealthy north shore.
Engineer Joseph H. Fitzsimmons,
a veteran of 33 accident-free years
on the road, blamed the overcrowd
ed coaches and the new trestle for
the tragedy.
Alive but injured, the 57-year-old
Fitzsimmons said from a hospital
cot:
“The moment my engine passed
over the trestle and lurched sharp
ly I felt the rest of the cars would
never make it.
told the audience in the YMCA
Chapel some of the more pressing
needs of the people in the coun
tries they were associated with,
An example of the thinking of
the Korean people was further
shown by CWO Lynch when he
said many of the Korean Intellect
uals looked upon a famine or an
epidemic as a God send—it helped
relieve the pressure of their fab
ulous population.
In contrast to this congested
population, CWO Mills commented
the average population in Ausrta-
lia amounted to only 4 persons per
square mile. He went on to praise
the fighting ability of the “Aus-
sies.”
Filipino Theories
On another spot in the unchart
ed Pacific, Colonel Myers said the
population in the Philippines was
not too pressing. The Philippines,
discovered by Magellan in the 16th
century, are a key stepping stone
in the Pacific. He also gave the
two views of the Filipinos towards
their independence.
Independence is the best thing
that could have happened to the
country. This he said was the
opinion of the higher class Fili
pino.
The upper brackets wanted the
independence only for selfish rea
sons and it was not in the best in
terest of the masses.
This forum was sponsored by the
YMCA and is one of their regular
ly scheduled discussions for the
Spring semester.
Speed Wasn’t Cause
“I hit the trestle at about 25
miles per hour and the speed of
the train certainly couldn’t be
blamed for the crash. When I
started to sway, I applied the
brakes, hut it apparently was too
late.”
Passengers and at least one rail
road detective—who did not give
his name—disagreed with the engi
neer on the speed of the train.
The detective said it was going at
top speed when it hit the trestle.
The Pennsylvania, in a state
ment, said a 25 mile an hour speed
limit was in effect on the new
track, opened to traffic less than
five hours before “the Broker”
cracked up at 5:43 p.m. (EST).
The new track was swung about
50 feet from the old one to clear
the way for the Jersey turnpike,
bfg "cross-state highway now under
construction.
Others Had Passed
The Pennsylvania said six trains
passed over the new trestle safely
before “the Broker.”
The railroad said the trestle it
self was not a factor in the acci
dent—despite the engineer’s state
ment.
Class of ’52 Dines,
Dances Saturday
The 1951 Junior Prom, scheduled
for Saturday evening will begin
with an informal banquet at 7 p.
m. in Sbisa Hall, according to Har
old Chandler, junior class presi
dent.
Chandler will give the welcoming
speech which will be followed by
the invocation by Ken Wiggins.
Charles N. Hielscher, professor of
engineering drawing, will be the
principle speaker on the program.
The closing prayer will be given
by James Lehmann.
Highlight of the program will
be the crowning of the queen. Of
18 pictures submitted, six will be j
selected as the finalists. The queen ^
will be crowned during an inter- ;
mission. Acceptance of entries is i
now closed.
The Aggieland Orchestra will |
furnish music for the dance which
begins at 9 p. m. in the Memorial
Student Center. The dance is for
mal and corsages are in order.
All dancing is scheduled for the I
Ballroom, but the entire upstairs
of the MSC will be available for I
the Prom. The MSC Terrace will
be used for dancing if • the weather
is favorable. Tickets will probably
be taken at the foot of the stairs,
Chandler said.
Refreshments planned are punch
with cookies or cake to be served
in the Assembly Room of the
MSC. If the Assembly is needed
for additional dancing space, re
freshments will be served in the
adjoining meeting rooms.
Banquet tickets are $1.50 a plate
and tickets for the dance are $3.00
a couple. Tickets will be taken off
sale Wednesday to insure adequate
food and seating arrangements.
Non-reg students wishing tickets
should contact any First Sergeant
or Ted M. Stephens, room 415,
Dorm 1.
Gayle MacKie
... is another credit to the Un
iversity of Texas. Don’t tell her
escort to the Junior Prom, Rob
ert Bynes, but she lives in Little
field Dorm. Her box number?
Well, you’ll have to arrange
with Bynes for that.
Ruth Ann Tipton
. . .sis one of six finalists selec
ted for the Junior Prom’s sweet
heart competition. A junior
journalism student at TSCW,
the blond-iful beauty is to he
escorted by Russell Smith, Jr.
Now on Newsstands
Latest ‘Engineer’
Has B-36 Feature
By ANDY ANDERSON
The A&M Engineer is off the
press and will be distributed to
subscribers immediately.
Put out by the engineering de
partments, the magazine features
in its January issue, “Probing the
Mysteries of the Salt Dome.” The
article is in connection with re
search done at A&M by two men in
the Geology Department, Travis J.
Parker and A. N. McDowell.
They undertook to find out about
factors that determine the nature
and origin of .these large sub
surface features. Some of the the
ories advanced on this subject are
as follows:
Meat Judging Team
Wins Show Prizes
Eight ribbons, a plaque and a
spur tie clip were prizes won by
members of the Aggie Meat Judg
ing Team at the Southwestern Ex
position and Fat Stock Show at Ft.
Worth.
Max Word, Ozona, was high man
in the contest in beef judging, win
ning the plaque and spur tie clip
as well as a first place ribbon.
He was also fourth in pork judg
ing, fourth in lamb judging and
sixth in the entire contest.
Tom Harris, Gorman, was fourth
in beef judging, second in lamb
judging, seventh in beef grading,
eighth in lamb grading and eighth
in, the contest.
Jackie Longbqtham, Snyder, was
second in pork judging.
The team as a whole ranked
fourth in the contest, won by Ok
lahoma A&M.
1) A very thick layer of rock
salt deeply underlies the Gulf
Coast, and other areas where salt
domes are found, providing a
source for the salt which makes the
dome,
2) Under the extreme pressure
produced by the thousands of feet
of overlying rock, the salt acts as
a plastic and will flow to points
of least resistance, and.
3) The salt, being of lighter den
sity than the overlying sediments,
will tend to rise towards the sur
face at a point of weakness, by
the flowage of the salt'out of the
layer into the zone of weakness.
By investigating these theories,
these men have done much toward
helping the petroleum industry un
derstand some of the mysteries be
hind finding oil and other petrol
eum products.
Other articles included in th(y.
magazine are “B-36”, which gives
performance data on the worlds
largest aircraft, “The Impact of
Television,” a rundown on some of
the problems that television faces
in expansion and latest develop
ments in the video field.
Still others, include “Steel
Stran”, a relatively new building
product, “Health and Industry,”
discussion of science and the work
ing force, “Economic Aspects of
Well Spacing,” and a controversial
article entitled “Deferment of En
gineers From the Draft—Yes or
No.”
Dr. J. D. Lindsay, head of the
Chemical Engineering Department,
explains his department for those
students who might be interested in
this field.
There is, as usual, the humorous
side to the magazine in “The Book
Worm,” jokes that might be read
and enjoyed by engineers and
others not in engineering.
Reserve Training
Set for August
Three Organized Reserve Units
from this area will go to Fort Hood
for summer field training Aug. 5-
18, Capt. M. B. Findlay, ORU in
structor announced this morning.
The Department of the Army has
made it mandatory that members
of Reserve units attend summer
field training with units ordered
to camp. Attendance is no longer
optional with the individual re
servist.
Summer training camps will be
held for local units as follows:
362nd Armored Field Artillery Bat
talion, Headquarters Battery, “C”
Battery and Service Battery.
Award winners of the annual Houston Fat Stock
Show A&M Scholarships receive congratulations
from former winners and members of the college
staff. Left to right they are C. N. Shepardson,
Dean of the School of Agriculture; L. O. Tiedt,
winner of the 1948 First National Bank scholar
ship; Edsel Renken, 1951 Scholarship winner;
Doug Symank, 1951 Cowling Winner; Charles
Keilers, Cowling Winner in 1950: W. L. Penber-
thy, dean of men; Tommy Thompson, chairman
of the Dairy Calf Scramble.