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Number 98: Volume 51
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COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1951
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Tokyo, Feb. 22—(2P)—Gen
eral MacArthur today r e -
sumed his daily overall com
muniques— covering ground,
air and naval operations —
as United Nations commander in
Korea.
It stirred immediate speculation
that MacArthur was making plain
who’s boss.
There had been rumors that he
was being stripped of some of his
authority. They prompted General
Omar N. Bradley, chairman of the
joint Chiefs of Staff, to comment
recently in Washington that Mac
Arthur still was running the Ko
rean military show.
Today’s first of the new Mac
Arthur series announced progress
iof a two-day-old offensive in cen
tral Korea.
Tuesday MacArthur visited that
Bfront at Wonju. He wrote out in-
Mstructions then for allied troops to
■“resume the initiative.” That
^■caused some apparent repercus-
■sions among Eighth Army officers.
I Censoring officers tried to cli-
■minate the phrase from interpre-
, itative stories. But they eventually
Kwere cleared in Tokyo.
I The implication of the incident
■was that Eighth Army officers re-
■sented MacArthur’s verbal assump-
■tion of command for a limited of-
■fensive. Some said the drive ac-
■tually had begun the day before
■MacArthur visited the front.
I General MacArthur had dropped
Hffthe daily overall summaries last
■December. The explanation was
■that they offered nothing new be-
. Bmnd the reports of individual serv-
Hices in the field.
I At that time, allied forces were
■in retreat in North Korea. They
Rwere back-pedaling before Chinese
pglted divisions toward Seoul, which
■they yielded Jan. 4 without a
■fight. /
I Maj. Gen. Courtney Whitney,
■military secretary of the United
■Nations command, said the commu-
g>£nques were resumed today in or-
§l|der to present a “balanced overall
Hfei4ure w of land, sea and air op-
■erations.
Ouch!
Man E Conference
Speakers Listed
I Top-flight authorities in the
i management industry field will be
■ here March 1-2 to take part in
the fourth annual Management En-
; gineering conference.
Business leaders scheduled to at-
Itend include J. L. McCaffrey, presi-
jdent, International Harvester Co.,
iChicago; L. C. Morrow, consulting
| editor, Factory Management and
: Maintenance, New York; Admiral
■ F. J. Bell, director of Human Re-
! lations, McCormick and Co., Balti
more; Dr. Lilliam M. Gilbreth,
management consultant, New Jer
sey, and others.
Iminunization Shots, That Is
Hospital Shooting ROTC
Summer Camp Candidates
Angels of mercy—that’s what
they call them. Yet I’ll swear that’s
a gleam in their when they plunge
that weapon viciously into the
tender flesh.
Point of observation is the col
lege hospital where the nurses are
engaged once again in this yearly
business of “shots.” Future vaca
tioners at ROTC Summer Camps
throughout the nation are being'
immunized to small-pox, tetanus,
falling and logies-on-the-bogies.
Gad, the price one must pay
to train, to serve his country!
Take a typical line-up approach
ing the well-armed ladies in white
on any given Tuesday or Thurs
day. Their reactions vary, but their
basic attitude is the same. The
basic attitude ?—that it would pro
bably be easier to catch the di
sease.
But let’s study the types.
The “Nothing-to-It” species—
Members of this group vary in
size and general appearance. They
are most easily recognized by their
tone of voice, a confident, sneer
ing disdain for the less hardy vic
tims about them.
After having carefully assured
everyone that such little incidents
A-Bombers May
Keep Reds at Bay
Washington, Feb. 22 — (A*) — Lt.
Gen. Curtis Le May told Congress
yesterday the threat of American
ipng-range atomic ■ bombers will
probably keep Russia from launeh-
Hng a general war for at least two
or three years.
If Russia decides to strike, he
said, bombers alone will not stop
the Red armies from overrunning
Europe.
The general, chief of the nation’s
strategic (long-range) air com
mand, gave his testimony to the
Senate Foreign Relations and
Dr. C. C. Doak
. . . head of the Biology Depart
ment, newly elected president of
the Texas Academy of Science
will preside over the academy
when it meets at A&M on April
6-7.
Armed Services committees at a
hearing on the troops-for-Europe
issue.
He joined top miiltary figures in
testifying that American troops
are needed to bolster western Eu
rope’s defenses.
Le May agreed with Senator
Wherry (R-Neb) that a ring of air
bases must be built around Russia.
He said that was true because the
bulk of U. S. bombers now are
“medium bombers” with not enough
range to hit targets in Asia and
return.
Maj. Alexander de Seversky,
Russian-born advocate of air pow
er, disagreed on that point.
De Seversky testified that air
bases around Russia could not be
held and were only “one-shot”
installations. He advocated a strat
egy pinned directly to interconti
nental bombers.
De Seversky, a noted airplane
designer-inventor and long a resi
dent in this country, sharply at
tacked the posting of six U. S.
divisions in Europe.
“The American people know they
are being sent to Europe to be de
stroyed,” he said, “and everybody
knows they will be destroyed.”
Senator Connally (D-Texas),
presiding as chairman, asked Le
May:
“You oppose sending troops to
Europe ?”
“No sir,” Le May replied quick
ly. “No reliable military man
would.”
Connally: “You don’t take the
position that we don’t need any
thing but strategic bombing, do
you ? ”
Le May said he did not; that all
forces were needed.
The general shifted ground as he
was peppered with questions by
Wherry.
as this take up their valuable time
and that they are genuine descend
ants of Indian fakirs, they turn
their talents on the nurse.
She is kidded good-naturedly,
told to give him the works and
otherwise assured that her sadis
tic instincts are not to be sat
isfied on him.
She makes her thrust. . . . Step
ping over the body, let us proceed
to the next type.
The “No After-effects” species
—Members again come in all sizes
and shapes. Their chief distinction
is also verbal.
In the waiting line they confi
dently explain various procedures
to prevent subsequent illness or
soreness. Favorite preventive is to
Applicants File
For Editorship
Three men have filed for
editor of The Engineer ac
cording to Roland E. Bing,
manager of student publica
tions.
Candidates for the top job of
the engineering magazine are Rob
ert F. Brown, Fred L. Stroebel and
David D. Leahy.
Brown, junior CE major from
Dallas is a member of B Engineers.
Stroebel belongs to A Ordnance and
calls Cisco home. He is a junior
Petroleum Engineering major.
Leahy, a native of Austin is as
signed to A Engineers. He plans
to graduate in June, 1952 with a
degree in Petroleum and Geologi
cal Engineering.
The winner of the election, to
be held later in the spring, will
succeed Robert W. “Tex” McDaniel,
present editor of the magazine.
rub the arm vigorously “circulat
ing the serum and keeping it from
doing all its dirt in one spot.”
If you should meet one of these
and happen to forget his name you
can usually find it by checking the
hospital guest list on the follow
ing day.
The “Strong and Silent” spe
cies—Members are always well-
built and usually large. They sel
dom have a word to say through
the whole process and most us
ually maintain a sickly smile
throughout.
Their large size usually renders
them quite a problem to the poor
nurse who happens to be short of
man-power to remove the body.
The “Gossip”—This is the char
acter that inevitably happens to be
leaving as you enter the hospital.
In a few seconds he give a vivid
description of “square-needles,’!
number of KO’s and viciousness of
the procedure in general. One of
his heads always wears a sinister
smile.
There’s really no need to continue
down the list. You’ll meet them
when your time comes.
And about the shots—indications
are that no one has died from
them . . . yet.
Recent Graduate
Reports to Army
Pvt. Lester L. Roark, a June
1950 industrial engineering grad
uate of A&M reported to Fort Ord,
Calif., this week to take an eight-
week troop leadership course.
Upon completion of the course,
he will return to his duties with the
40th Infantry Division, former
Southern California National Guard
unit, at Camp Cooke. He is as
signed to Headquarters and Ser
vice Company, 578th Engineer Bat
talion, as a combat construction
specialist.
Student Unions Plan
Weekend Conference
Plans for student participation
in the Association of College Un
ions Conference for Regions 13
and 14 meeting in the Memorial
Student Center Friday and Sat
urday are being made, according
to Joe Fuller, president of the
MSC Council.
A student forum will meet at
10:15 a. m. Saturday on “Organ
ization of Union Activities.” Topics
to be discussed include how to se
lect leaders, success of various un
ion activities, and relationships be
tween staff and students, Fuller
said.
Student delegations from South
ern Methodist University; the Uni
versity of Houston; Texas Luth
eran, Seguin; Louisiana State Uni
versity, Baton Rouge; and the Uni
versity of Texas will participate in
the contest.
All members of the MSC Council
and Directorate at A&M are in
vited to attend, the president said.
Get Together
The purpose of the conference,
which will get under way at 10
a. m. Friday, is to bring together
representatives of Student Unions
in Regions 13 and 14 to discuss
student activities and handling soc
ial groups on their respective cam
puses.
Representatives from North Tex
as State College, East Texas State
College, University of Arkansas,
University of Oklahoma and Ohio
State University also are expected
to attend.
Advisor of Region 13 is J. Wayne
Stark, director of the MSC. Frank
Malone, SMU director is advisor
for Region 14.
These two men will lead panels
on the discussion of problems faced
by the Unions in planning for the
coming year.
Panel Topics
“Union Outlook for 1951, Suc
cessful Union Programs, Recrea
tional Planning in Wartime, and
Current Operating and Financial
Problems,” will be the topics dis
cussed in the panels.
Luncheons are scheduled for both
Friday and Saturday and an infor
mal banquet is scheduled for Fri
day night. The delegates to the
conference will be invited to at
tend the All-College Dance sche
duled for Friday night in the Ball
room of the MSC.
The conference is scheduled to
end Saturday at 1 p. m.
Gripe Brings 36 Foot Letter
Colorado Springs, Feb. 22—G 2 ?)—Pvt. Ray Sroke of
Camp Carson received a 36-foot long letter from his girl
friend in Milwaukee yesterday.
The letter had candy bars pasted to it “in case you get
hungry while reading.”
It had feathers pasted to it, to use as ticklers, “in case
you get drowsy.”
And it had pinup-style bathing beauties attached here
and there.
The 25,000-word curiosity came after Sroke wrote his
girl, Dolores Wart, that her letters were getting too brief.
Used Car Prices
Frozen by OPS
By ROBERT E. GEIGER
Washington, Feb. 22—CP).—Dol-
lai's-and-cents price ceilings were
set on used cars today in a gov
ernment order that also prohibited
new car sales at more than the
manufacturer’s suggested retail
prices.
Automobile prices were frozen
at the manufacturers’ level on Dec.
18 but today’s order applies to the
retail markets and to individuals
who may be selling a car.
Bruce Morris, chief of the auto
mobile division of the Office of
Price Stabilization, said the order
is aimed at:
1. Halting a “widespread” flow
of new cars into the used car
markets. He said some dealers
have been asking prices higher for
these “new” used cars than the
manufacturers’ listed prices for
new cars.
2. Preventing used cars from
selling above new car prices.
The new regulations will be ef
fective March 2. The used car
price ceilings will be based on
prices listed in the guide books
that used car dealers employ as a
yardstick of values.
The order listed five of these
books: The Blue Book National
Used Car Market Report; The Red
Book National Used Car Market
Report; NADA Official Used Car
Solons Hasten
‘Red’ Control
Bill to Shivers
Austin, Feb. 21—LT*)—The
Legislature sped a state Com
munist control bill to the Gov
ernor today.
It requires all Communists
or members of Red front organiza
tions to register with the State
Department of Public Safety, and
sticks a heavy fine on espionage
and sabotage.
The Senate passed it quickly and
with little discussion—just as the
House had done three weeks ago.
But on another matter—whether
to include overseas Korean veter
ans in the state veterans land pro
gram—they disagreed.
Benefits go now only to World
War Two veterans.
The Senate wanted Korean vets,
too. The House said it wasn’t
exactly clear what an overseas
Korean veteran was and called for
a conference committee to work it
out.
The measure, a proposed consti
tutional amendment, would allow
the state to issue 75 million dol
lars in bonds to buy land for re
sale to veterans on long-term, low
interest loans.
The House passed and sent to
the Senate a bill to allow zoning
restrictions around military air
ports in Texas, one compelling con
victed dope addicts to take a cure
treatment or go to jail, and one
changing the name of Texas State
University for Negroes to Texas
Southern University.
British Jet Plane
Fails to Beat Sun
Gander, Nfld., Feb. 22—(A*)—A
twin-jet British bomber failed last
night in a race to beat the sun
across the North Atlantic, but
landed with the fastest crossing
in history—four hours and 40 min
utes.
Strong headwinds slowed the
black and grey Canberra bomber,
which has a speed rating of better
than 600 miles an hour, on its
2,100-mile flight to Gander from
Aldergrove air base, near Belfast,
Northern Ireland.
The sun made the swing in three
and a half hours—600 miles an
hour. Nosed out by an hour and
10 minutes with an average speed
of about 445 miles an hour, the
bomber’s three-man crew emerged
here with the comment:
“Lead us to the coffee.”
The Canberra is a possible ad
dition to the U. S. Air Force.
The first jet aircraft ever to
fly the Atlantic without refueling,
the Canbei’ra beat the ' previous
West-East record by 30 minutes.
Squadron leader A. E. Callard
was at the controls.
Guide; Wisconsin Automotive Val
uation Guide, used in Wisconsin;
and The Kelly Bluebook used in
Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada,
Oregon, Utah and Washington.
The order says the guide books
will be used to set dollars-and-
cents ceilings on used cars. It also
requires the dealers to continue
using the same guide book they
employed in the past. The dealers
must register their books with the
OPS office.
Morris said the order specifies
that in any case where a guide
book price on a used car is higher
than the list price of the car when
new, the dealer cannot charge more
than the new price.
He explained that in some cases
the guide books quote a higher
price for a used car than the new
price. As an instance he said one
guide book lists a 1950 4-door
Chevrolet sedan at $1665 but the
factory delivered new car price is
$1450. The dealer would not be
permitted to charge more than
$1450, Morris said.
However, the dealer will be per
mitted to increase the ceiling price
by the amount represented in ac
cessories with which the used car
may be equipped. But the prices
that can be imposed for accesso
ries—such as radio, heater, option
al transmission equipment — are
specified in the guide books.
Morris said complaints have been
received that retail dealers are
attempting to sell new cars at
above the list prices suggested by
the manufacturers. Also he said
there were widespread reports
some dealers had moved new cars
to used car lots and were asking-
above the list price. Both of these
practices also occurred during
World War II, officials said.
Morris said the rules prohibit
such practices and make it manda
tory for the retail dealer to abide
by the retail price sugg-ested by the
manufacturer.
The OPS official said the used
car dealers may be permitted to
raise prices later if the government
authorizes an increase in the price
at which the manufacturer is al
lowed to sell. Morris said there
has been no decision regarding
such an increase, however.
Dr. John Delaplane
. .. has been named the new head
of Bacteriology/and Hygiene De
partment of the School of Vet
erinary Medicine. The new de
partment head, who graduated
from Ohio State University, last
taught at Rhode Island State
College before coming to A&M.
USDA Sees Relief
To Eastex Drought
Austin, Feb. 22 — CP) — Sleet,
snow and warm rains “effectively
relieved” the drouth in the eastern
third of Texas, the Department of
Agriculture said today.
Livestock suffered severely from
the cold, USDA noted. Loss of
flesh was heavy, and increased
feeding of hay, roughage and con
centrates was necessary as ice cak
ed ranges over the entire state.
The feed shortage is expected to
be eased by new pasturage bol
stered by the East Texas rains.
Deterioration of wheat was tem
porarily staved off by limited mois
ture in western and high plains
counties, “but drouth-breaking
rains are still urgently needed,”
USDA said. Wheat in north-cen
tral counties was faring better.
Allies Launch
‘Killer’ Drive
In Korea Mud
Tokyo, Feb. 22—LT*)—Allied forces lunged out today on
a new campaign to wipe out 40,000 Reds South of Parallel 38
in rainswept central Korea.
It was “Operation Killer.” An army spokesman called
it also “a vital phase of the Korean campaign.”
The new offensive was begun in secrecy Wednesday and
announced today by General MacArthur. It had gained up
to S 1 /-) miles on a 60-mile mountainous front of mud.,
Resistance was spotty. Chinese and Korean Reds fought
Grants Made
Available For
Foreign Study
Seven new scholarships are
available this year for stu
dents wanting to study in
foreign countries, the Nan
sen Fund, Inc. announced re
cently.
The annual stipends range from
$400 for the Edinburgh Summer
School to $7,840 for the University
of Paris.
William Clayton has set up a
scholarship of $400 for a student
to study at the University of Edin
burgh Summer School.
There are two Maurice Schlum-
berger Scholarships worth about
$3,900 each for students to study
at Institut de Touraine Summer
School in Tour, France.
The University of Paris has four
scholarships. Two Marcel Schfum-
berger Scholarships of about $7,800
each and two Mrs. Conrad Schlum-
berger Scholarships of about $6,850
each.
Young graduates and students
who have completed their sopho
more year or equivalent work are
eligible for these scholarships.
Better understanding of other
countries is the purpose of these
scholarships. Students will be re
quired to follow a course of study
that will enable them to become
better acquainted with that coun
try.
Contemporary life, political, eco
nomic and social conditions and
background studies in history and
civilization will be emphasized in
the courses. No scholarships will
be awarded for technical and spec
ialized training or studies.
Additional information may be
obtained from R. Henderson Shuf
fler, director of information for the
college.
Third War Still
Can Be Averted
Says President
Washington, Feb. 22—GP)
—President Truman said last
night that although this coun
try faces “the most tremen
dous emergency” in its his
tory, it gradually is approaching
a position where World War III
can be prevented.
The President warned that vic
tory only can come with coopera
tion and sacrifices from everyone.
He told masonic leaders the gov
ernment has but one objective: “To
keep the peace.”
“It is an effort to prevent a
third world war,” he said, “and we
gradually are approaching a posi
tion in the world where that can
be prevented, if we have the sup
port and cooperation of all seg
ments of the population.
“And that meaps industry, la
bor, and farmer and you gentle
men—and all the white collar peo
ple who do the inside work to
make these other things operate.”
It won’t be easy, the President
said, and he gave this reminder:
“Everybody, I don’t care who he
is, or what his condition or his
position is—-from the President of
the United States to the laborer
who digs in the trench—must make
some sacrifice in order that the
whole country may be mobilized to
meet the serious situation with
which we are faced.”
Mr. Truman made his remarks
at a breakfast given for 350 high
ranking Masons. Mr. Truman is
a 33rd degree Mason himself.
“T” Association Meets
Tonight to Set Plans
The “T” Association, athletic
lettermen’s club, will meet tonight
at 8 p.m. in the Civil Engineering
Lecture Room, Bob Bates, presi
dent of the association, announced
this morning.
Flans for Sports Day activities
March 3 will be discussed at the
meeting, Bates said.
■and then ran—some of them in
panic. The greatest obstacle of the
Allied troops of five nations was
the weather.
They were beset by rain, snow,
fog, mud, washed-out bridges, rac
ing streams and landslides. Such
conditions virtually ruled out close
aerial support at the outset. But
U.S. Air Force, Marine, Navy, Aus
tralian and South African war
planes roared through holes in the
clouds Thursday to plaster Red
targets.
Teamed up in the new hunter-
killer drive were American, Brit
ish, Australian, New Zealand and
South Korean troops. They moved
up behind tanks, self-propelled
guns, weapons carriers and jeeps.
The rugged front extends in an
arc from a point near Yangpyong,
27 miles east-southeast of Seoul,
to Pyongehang, on the east-central
sector. Wonju, 25 miles west of
Pyongehang, is roughly in the cen
ter of the kick-off point.
Reds Dug In
The biggest Communist force
was dug in in the lofty mountains
about six miles north of Wonju.
Red soldiers south of those posi
tions rushed for cover after brief
delaying actions.
A senior staff officer said fresh
Chinese Reds of the 196th Divis
ion with 10,000 men and other Chi
nese units were in the Hoengsong
area. He said the Chinese had or
ders to hold the town at all costs.
Hoengsong is 10 miles north of
Wonju. It fell to the Chinese in
their recent attempt to sweep down
the middle of the peninsula to the
key mountain passes below Won
ju. But the Allies cracked that
drive wide open with devastating
fire power that killed thousands of
Reds.
Hoengson Battle Scene
AP Corrrespondent Stan Swin-
ton said it appeared another big
battle was in the offing for Hoeng
song. Its outcome could material
ly affect the whole war, he sur
mised.
At Eighth Army Headquarters,
AP Correspondent William J.
Waugh reported the Allied forces
are applying a pincers on Hoeng
song from the west and south. By
nightfall Wednesday, a south Ko
rean spearhead had rolled more
than eight miles to within six miles
west of the town. An American
force was five miles to the south.
On the west-central front, U.S.
infantrymen pushed two miles
north and northeast of Chipyong,
20 miles northwest of Wonju. A
British force advanced 3% miles
to a point five miles southeast of
Chipyong.
On the east-central front, Amer
icans and South Koreans punched
514 miles against Korean Reds
northeast of Chuchon and were
five road miles southwest of Py-
onchang Wednesday night.
Local Man Gives
Address in East
William W. Caudill told the
American Association of School
Administrators recently there must
be a balance in, buildings between
educational needs and the school
board’s pocketbook.
Caudill, research architect of the
Texas Engineering Experiment
Station said, “There is no one meth
od that will mark the difference be
tween a low-cost school and an ex
pensive one.
“If cutting costs means sacrific
ing educational adequacy,” he as
serted, “it is wrong.”
Caudill, who has made an in
tense study of the building needs
of public schools, urged the group
to “do everything in your power to
change local tax structures or pol
icies so that school boards will have
adequate money under the present
set-up to build the kind of schools
our children deserve ...”
He cited a number of methods of
design and construction being used
by architects to beat rising costs,
such as designing room for multi
use, leaving beams exposed and
build for compactness.
Library Announces
Hours for Basic
A change in the hours of the
Freshman Basic Division Room has
been made according to the Cush
ing Memorial Library.
The room will be open from 1
until 5 p. m., Monday through Fri
day. It will be closed on Saturday
and Sunday.