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Number 190: Volume 51
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1951
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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.