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4 copies f.e. Published by Students Of Texas A&M For 73 Years The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Oldest Continuously Published College Newspaper In Texas Number 190: Volume 51 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1951 Price Five Cents Record Achievements Noted In 22nd Firemen’s School it “This has been the largest and best organized firemen’s training school we have ever had,” said Firemen Training Chief H. R. Rrayton today as the 22nd annual Firemen’s Training School drew to a close. | Conducted by the Texas Engin eering Extension Service, the school ended this aftemoon at 3 after a week’s session of training events held on the campus. Attendance From 12 States This year’s school, having at tendance from over 12 states and ^JPuerto Rico, had 677 students and jt"' 0;|lO2 instructors, most of whom were fcichiefs or drill masters of both vol- Hunteer and paid fire departments. I Under the auspices of the State ■Firemen’s and Fire Marshals’ As- ||fflisociation of Texas, the school was divided into four courses—general ■basic, advanced, fire department in- Hstructors, and fire marshals. U.S. - Mexico Continue Work On Contract Mexico City, July 20— H (AP)— Committees working on a new contract for Mexican m agricultural workers (bracer- os) to go to the United States continued work yesterday. A full meeting today of the 33 negotiators from Mexico and the United States was called off be cause four of the U. S. delegates were ill of minor ailments. Spokesmen said a full meeting probably would be held early next week to approve the final form of the new agreement. Two of the five committees were reported well along on their work. A delegate said the committee on guarantees and wages is ready to draft its section and the com mittee on recruiting is almost ready to start writing down its agreements. The v committees on conciliation of complaints and on establishing a permanent joint commission for braceros affairs are “not so far along,” the delegate said. The fifth committee will work on the final wording of the agree ments. Mexican newspapers here report ed today that the question of mak ing use of illegal migrants (wet backs) a punishable offense had arisen as a major stumbling block. A U. S. spokesman denied this and said the matter is “no problem.” President Truman has asked for a law putting fines or jail penal ties on farmers who use illegal migrants, but Congress has not acted on the matter. Missouri River Getting Ready For Final Blow St. Louis, July 20—UP)— The crest of the Missouri Riv- ftr surged through Eastern Missouri today for its final great blow of the nation’s first billion dollar flood. More flood barriers crumpled as the Missouri emptied its heavy load into the overflowing Missis sippi at their junction 15 miles north of St. fjouis. St. Louis and nearby communi ties expected the highest flood marks since 1944. Waters of the Missouri and Kan sas Rivers left wreckage and ruin across Western Missouri and East ern Kansas last week. The giant cleanup task in those areas was just beginning. Although the Mississippi is ex pected to reach 40% feet at St. Louis Monday, damage in the city probably will be confined mainly to the riverfront section as it was in the 1947 flood. Only a small part of the city’s industry is situated in the vulner able area. The mammoth dikes on down the Mississippi from St. Louis are re ported in better condition than they were in 1947, when the waters went to 40.2 feet here. Army en gineers say they are expected to hold. At the Grove Tonight Fri., July 20, Dancing—Music by the Aggieland Combo-—8 p. m. Sat., July 21, Square Dancing— 8 p. m. Sun., July 22, Skating—8 p. m. Mon., July 23, Movie, “Next Voice You Hear” with James Whit more—8 p. m. Monday through today, the stu dents attended classes on fire fighting of various types of fires in the field, and learned how to combat fires of all types with the latest model equipment. One hour of each day was devoted to meet ings. ‘Table Closes’ When Rangers Swing Axes Houston, July 20—(AP) — Four ax-swinging Texas Ran gers raided the plush Kemah Coffee Club at Kemah Wed nesday night, smashing a dice table while some 25 well-dressed patrons politely watched. Kemah is just across the Har ris County line in Galveston Coun ty along the bayshore. It is about 36 miles northeast of the island city of Galveston. The raid caused this speculation: Is it a test move by rangers into the Galveston County situation which came under probe of the State House Crime Investigating Committee ? An eyewitness said the Rangers took the names and addresses of 10 of the customers and three dice dealers in a game room—and also seized $80 of the house’s money from the table. A report of the raid came today also from State Police Director Homer Garrison, Jr., in Austin. He referred to the arrest of ten playe and three dice dealers, and st. ..re of $80 on a dice table. “At Galveston a. reporters kept a watch on the office of Galves ton County Attorney Raymone Ma gee. Garrison said the Rangers were to confer today with the county attorney about filing char-1| ges. Activities in Galveston County and city, as well as attitudes of city and county officials bulked large in the state committee’s hearings in Austin. During the five day short course, the firemen used $35,000 to $40,000 worth of equipment donated to the school by various fire-fighting equipment manufacturers. The ma terial included portable fire extin guishers, fog producing fluid, car bon dioxide cartridges, fire-resist ant paints, fire warning and sprinkler systems, gasoline and oil. In the field north of the Col lege View Apartments, the trainees watched and operated the equip ment under simulated conditions. Instructors supervised the exting uishing of oil blazes, butane and propane tank fires, buming build ings and grass fires. All-Purpose Unit One of the all-purpose units used in the demonstrations was a self-propelled, high pressure fog producing apparatus. A truck com plete with a fog producing unit in itself, utilized the new FMC high pressure fog gun nozzle. At a cost of approximately 70 gallons of water at a pressure of 650 lbs., a small pond filled with water and oil was ignited and ex tinguished within 10 minutes in one demonstration. All training demonstrations were held by students and instructor's with their scheduled groups lo cated at various points on the cam pus during the week. The member's participation in the training events was more success ful and better in general this year than of all the training schools ever held before, according to Chief Rr-ayton. Sully Gets a Bath Korea Parleys Washed Out By Raging Floods No shave for the guy! But at least the Sum mer corps freshman got a chance to wash his face. Lawrence Sullivan Ross’ statue in front of (he Academic Building got a thorough clean ing by freshmen Wednesday night. 80 Tennis Pupils Finish First Half Eighty children including eight advanced pupils enrolled in the ten nis classes sponsored by the College Station Recreation Council have finished the first six weeks sum mer period. Five pupils played in tennis tour naments over the state during the month of June and the doubles team of College Station, composed of Fred Anderson and Bobby Jack- son, won second place in the boys division of the State Tennis Tour nament. The tennis classes will be held the seconjd six weeks summer per iod on the concrete courts in back of the project houses each day be tween 5 p. m. and 6 p. m. The classes will be under the direction of coach W. M. Dowell. The Sectional Tennis Tournament will be held here July 27 and 28 under the direction of Coach Dow ell and the winners of this touma- ment will qudify for the Junior Olympic Tennis Tournament to be held in Houston August 13 through 18. Munsan, Korea, July 20—(A 5 )— The Korean armistice talks, focus of world hopes for peace, took a back seat today to the weather. A flash flood turned a creek 10 miles south of the Kaesong con ference site into a raging torrent and barred Jeeps carrying United Nations delegates to the truce city. Twenty newsmen and service personnel crossed the stream ear lier and reached Kaesong. They returned by late afternoon. Bad weather also grounded the helicopters in which U.N. dele gates usually travel the 14 airline miles to Kaesong. The eighth session between U.N. and the Communist teams—gener ally regarded as crucial in this first phase of the peace talks—was postponed until 10 a.m. tomorrow (7 p.m., EST, Friday). One Issue Bars Agreement A single major issue bars agree ment on an agenda which would permit the armistice talks to move into the second phase. While there has been official si lence at the U.N. advance camp here, both Communist and high United States sources have made clear that the knot was tied by Red demands for withdrawal of all foreign troops from Korea. Communist radios in Pyong yang, the Red Korean capital, Seed men Short Course Ends With Examinations Today As a finale to this year’s Seeds men short course, the Texas Seedsmen’s Association presented a $15 award and certificate of m e r i t to Frank M. Zabcik, who had the highest I aggregate t ,score on tests given throughout the week-long course. The award was presented to fcabcik today at 11 a.m. by H. L. Wilson of the Agronomy Depart ment. The last day of the conference began with a final examination on all material covered throughout the week. After the 15 minute “break,” the 18 man group heard a lecture on the “Foundation Seed Program” by Lee Coffey of the Agronomy Department. DuPont Sends Instructor “Grass Seed Treatment” was the topic of a talk by M. D. Moore of the Du Pont Company. Moore spoke on the various methods of treating grass seed and also on the proper care of the seed. Following the presentation of awards, the group entered into a Aggies Eyed For Outstanding Cadet Who’s getting the water. Sully or the freshmen? Anyway the traditional freshman task of washing and polishing the statue of Lawrence Sullivan Ross was accomplished by members of the freshmen corps Wednesday evening. Capt. Charlie Heartsill ’29 Ends Foreign PIO Duties By Associated Press Captain Charles E. Heartsill, A&M Class of ’29, of Marshall who volunteered for military ser vice in the Far East, found him self in the midst of the Korean war excitement and stuck it out couldn’t pull up stakes at Marshall Japan occupation, before the Ko- and move to the big far-away city, rean fight, all Charlie had to do But when Uncle Sam needed him in the Far East, Heartsill, who has held a cavalry reserve commission since his student days at A&M, volunteered again. It runs in the family. Captain until the cease-fire negotiations Charlie’s grandfather, W. W were about to start. was to see to it that the Associa ted Press and other news gathering agencies got pictures of the Army operations. Also, he kept the Jap anese press informed. But for most of the past year the job has been a 24-hour deal, Heartsill, a one-time merchant ajid on telephone at least, and involved Now he is headedjiome to Texas, mayor of Marshall, rode off to screening all war photos taken by between the states with U. S. Army Signal Corps camera- and, he “volunteered” to go home, too. Thirty-two months service men, and selection of newsworthy prints for 19 news agencies all the W. P. Lane Rangers. One of with two days off and three weeks the family stories is that Grandpa in the hospital is a, good record for Heartsill had all his belongings, over the world. The pictures that any Army specialist, and Captain dozens of items from frying pans go through Heartsill’s hands are every- to spare pants, tied to his saddle. Charlie Heartsill came thousands Heartsill—he’s Charlie to body around Tokyo GHQ—has done his good share for the American forces. He has a decoration in his field as Chief of the Pictorial Section, News Division, GHQ, PIO, earn ed during the days of heavy pres sure and great responsibility at the start of the Korean war. Captain Charlie has plenty of war stories to tell his old friends at Marshall. And he’ll be ready for any joshing about going clear out to Japan. It is remembered that Charlie Heartsill on one occasion some years ago was about to take a newspaper job in a far off city —far off down the road, at least forty miles—Shreveport—and in another state to boot. He got to thinking about it and he just published all the way from Holland to Hong Kong. The figures get of miles to the Far East with one big, so let Charlie tell it: hand bag. But the modern supply “Roughly, I screened about 4,000 pictures a month, from service of the United States Army is somewhat better than that of the Confederacy in those days, Charlie admits. During the past year. Captain Heartsill has been in the middle of one of the busiest sections of the GHQ operations. He was in the mad scramble at the begin ning of the Korean war a year ago, when a plane was readied in two hours for the first load of war correspondents. Every body was excited. One reporter was so excited that while eating a hamburger he chewed his own thumb. During the quiet days of the which on the average I selected 200 to 300 for distribution. This would total 44,000 pictures exam ined, judged and finally select ed, and figuring 2,200 subject re leases, which, to 19 agencies and papers, piles up to 41,800 war pictures handled.” Twice a day the job involved going to the Signal Corps head quarters in Tokyo, and subsequent delivery around the clock. Hot pictures are radioed to Washington for distribution. The Signal Corps photographers are the eyes of the Army, presenting for a pictorial (See HEARTSILL, Page 4) By JIM LEHMANN Armor Camp Correspondent Fort Hood, Tex:, July 17 (De layed)—A&M cadets at Fort Hood were pleased to hear this week that Col. H. L. Boatner, former Commandant and PMS&T of A&M and commander of the Fort Hood ROTC camps, had received a pro motion to Brigadier General. The four Aggies in the Armor Section who are among the con tenders for the outstanding cadet in camp are Skip Mills, Lynn Stuart, John Coolidge, and Dick Ingles. Final selection will be made the last week of camp and the presentation of a medal will be made at the commencement exer cises to be held Friday, July 27. The fifth and sixth weeks of 'camp are being devoted entirely to platoon and company tactics. Map reading, mounted reconnais sance, signal communications, motor maintenance, and infantry formations have been engaged in so far with several night problems involving cadets in tank, reconnais sance, and infantry platoon as signments yet to be studied. Wednesday, July 25, marks the end of training at Fort Hood. Lt. Col J. S. Edney Arrives at BAFB Lt. Col. James S. Edney, Chapel Hill, N. C. reported to Bryan Air Force Base Wednesday and has been appointed Commanding Offi cer of the Maintainance and Sup ply Group, it was announced by Col James C. McGehee, BAFB com manding officer. Col. Edney is a youthful 31 year old veteran of 11 years in the Air Force and was first commissioned at Kelly AF Base, San Antonio, Texas bombardment group with the 14th Air Force in China. He flew 43 combat missions as a lead pilot and compiled 256 hours of combat flying time. Col. Edney is now a senior pilot with over 2500 hours flying time in i his log book. Equipment will be turned in at that time and a final parade will be held on Thursday, July 26. Final commencement will com plete the camp Friday. Awards will be made to the outstanding platoon in camp, the outstanding cadet in camp, and the best athlete in camp. Aggies and Aggie-exes will hold a stag party Wednesday evening of this week. Approximately 150 persons are expected to attend. The 1951 Summer Camp here at Hood will soon be history. A lot of sweat, hard work, and long hours went into making this the most rugged camp held at Fort Hood in recent years. But there was a great deal of information and experience the Aggies picked up in spite of the irritating con ditions that periodically came about during the six weeks. We’ll all remember this training period for a long time to come! discussion of the course and its value to the students. The course, sponsored by the college in cooperation with the Texas Seedsmen’s Association and the State Department of Agricul ture, was designed to give attend ing seedsmen and others interest ed in seed testing up-to-date infor mation on the various strains and kinds of seeds now on the market or which will appear on the market in the near future. Seed Problems Discussed Throughout the week students learned to identify various weed seeds with similar appearance to feed and plant seeds, practiced evaluating plant seeds, analyzed purity of the cereals, prepared seed mounts for future reference, and learned the problems of mois ture in seed storage. This- year’s course had instruct ors not only from the college Ag ronomy Department but also from the State Department of Agricul ture and several of the larger Tex as commercial seed companies. Miss Wynona Robbins, chief analyst of the State Department of Agriculture, was on hand to demonstrate proper techniques in analyzing seeds and in identifica tion of the various noxious weeds. Oklahoma A&M Specialist Present at the course also was H. W. Staten, professor in the Agronomy Department of Oklaho ma A&M College. Professor Staten previously conducted similar seed courses in Oklahoma. Donating the seeds used by the conference for study and identifi cation were the Asgrow Texas Company of San Antonio, the East ern Seeds, Incorporated of Taft, the Robert Nicholson Seed Com pany of Dallas, and the Ruhmann Grain and Seed Company of Waco. Peiping and Moscow have dinned this theme. And in Washington, U. S. Sec retary of State Acheson said a U.N. force “must remain in Korea until a genuine peace has been firmly established.” Acheson in a statement con firmed that “the Communist dele gation at Kaesong has raised the question of the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Korea in con nection with an armistice.” He ad ded: “The United Nations command delegation has stated that it can not got into this question, which is political x x x and can only be settled by the United Nations and the governments concerned.” Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, su preme Allied commander, returned to Korea yesterday from Tokyo after the Kaesong meeting broke up so abruptly. He flew to Tokyo last night. No Progress A U.N. spokesman told newsmen after the close of Thursday’s brief seventh “no progress” session: “I think we will come to an agreement (at the next meeting) or there will be an air of finality about the disagreement.” The fact that only one issue bars an acceptable agenda indicated that the two delegations had found agreement on such questions as the significance of parallel 38 sep arating North and South Korea; exchange of prisoners; creation of a buffer zone; effective time of a cease-fire order; and possibly the supervision of enemy territory by neutral groups during the cease-fire. Such agreement on agenda items would mean only that the oppos ing parties have agreed on what to talk about, not settled the issues. BAFB Visited By ATC Head On Inspeetion Lieut. Gen. Robert W. Har per, commanding general of the Air Training Command, paid a short inspection visit to Bryan Air Force Base yes terday afternoon. He was enroute to Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., after completing an inspection of San Marcos Air Force Base. Gen. Harper was welcomed by Col. James C. McGehee, command ing officer of Bryan Air Force Base. Recently re-activated, Bryan Field is a member of the Air Training Command, one of the nine major branches of the Air Force. With headquarters at Scott Air Force Base, 111., the Training Com mand handles all flight training and technical training for enlisted men. Gen. Harper was accompanied by Col. Castrex Conner, deputy chief of staff, ATRC; Maj. Charles Mills, his pilot; Flight Surgeon Maj. Verne Alder and Lt. Maxwell Thrig, an aide. Travis B. Bryan, president of the First National Bank in Bry an, was present to welcome Gen. Harper when he landed at 1 p.m. The general and his party depart ed at 3 p.m. Nation-Wide Farm Safety Week to Commence July 22 Governor Allan Shivers on July practices through their educational Texas farms from accidents can 6 signed a proclamation designat- programs.” mean the difference between slic ing the week of July 22 as Farm The State Farm and Ranch cess ail( ^ failure for the family in- and Ranch Safety Week in Texas. Safety Committee headed by J. volved. The labor shortage now President Harry S. Truman has Walter Hammond, president, Texas i ace d by Texas and U. S. Agri- also designated this same period Farm Bureau Federation, is com- cultural producers is ot tremen- as National Farm Safety AVeek. mencing a drive during the week dous importance to the geneial i Governor Shivers’ proclamation that w ill continue through the year, well-being of the state and na- pointed out that the continued high aimed at making every rural Texan t‘ on an( i the present situation can rate of avoidable accidents on accident conscious. he further complicated if the con- farms and ranches is c a u s i n g tinued high rate of farm accidents deaths and injuries among the rural Individual Responsibility continues, residents. Such accidents, he said, comm jttee members believe Costs Money re S of a t n h/°p“ S"a, 5“ co S . «•»« «• «» i " di ™ h “* 1 Days lost from work not only nomic problems 'i’ll tlw’state. 'Si pLSafet^ftefr !“«» «» *>»"* “ <» . TT r , not until an piacuce saieiy in ineii wor k but also causes a heavy dram Shivers Urges I articipation daily living can the accident toll Qn f arn j]y bank or savings ac- Governor Shivers urges all mem- ( le uce • count. Martin concludes that un- bers of families to join in a con- E. C. Martin, state agricultural less Texans do their share to cut tinued drive to reduce hazards, and leader of the Texas Agricultural the accident rate that at least one to adopt practices that will lead Extension Service, reports that rural Texan will be buried each to fewer accidents on the farms county extension workers are en- day as a result of some type of and ranches as well as in the rural couraging both adults and 4-H Club farm or home accident, homes of the state. He says, “I am members to practice safety in con- The problem is big enough to also asking that all organizations nection with all farm and home challenge the action of every Tex- and persons interested in farm and operations. an and who knows, the life you save ranch life promote the use of safe He points out that time lost on may be your own.