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Number 201: Volume 51
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1951
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No Solution Yet
For Continuing
Local Health Unit
By FRANK DAVIS
Battalion City Editor
Although all parties are agreed
that the Brazos County Health.
Unit should not be scrapped, no
one has been able to offer a solu
tion which will enable the unit to
continue operating.
Bryan’s city commission released
the key stone when it reduced ap
propriations to the unit from $18,-
075 to $10,000 last Friday in ap
proving the 1951-52 budget.
The following Monday, Dr. David
E. Brown, director of the health
, unit, submitted his resignation
b saying that the unit would be
forced to shut-down for lack of
funds.
At a meeting of the health unit’s
governing body yesterday, Dr.
Brown remained firm, and in the
meantime word was received from
Dr. George W. Cox, state health
officer stating that “They (The
Brazos County Health Unit) was
just about out then. That (action
taken by commission) makes it
inoperable.”
The goveraing body then has
tened to call a second meeting
scheduled for 2 p. m. this after
noon to review the situation with
representatives from College Sta
tion, A&M, Bryan, and Brazos
County.
Speaking for the College, Dr.
Howard H. Barlow said that A&M
could not dmectly contribute to
Sheriff Thinks
Clues to Killing
in Dallas
Lay
Dallas, Aug. 9—UP)—Den
ton County’s Sheriff W. O.
Hodges said today he believed
clues to the land-mine slaying
of gambler Herbert (The Cat)
Noble lay in Dallas.
“But we will look into every
angle of the case,” Hodges said.
Still sought were three Fort
Worth police characters. Officers
Indicated several members of the
old Lois Green gang here also
would be questioned.
Hodges said he felt certain a
pick-up truck hunted so feverishly
in the case had come to Dallas.
Lois Green was the Dallas un
derworld character shot to death
outside a night club here in late
1949—a week before an ambusher
wounded Noble on the front porch
of Noble’s Dallas home.
Noble was questioned in Green’s
death. Green had been questioned
in the earlier bomb death of No
ble’s wife.
A s Texas officers considered
clues, Benny Binion, a gambler
Noble once claimed “never liked
me too much,” made a statement
at Las Vegas, Nev.
“I had nothing to do with it (No
ble’s death),” said Binion.
“The first I knew about it was
when I got a call front the Fort
Worth Star Telegram. I told them
I did not know anything about it.
“I haven’t any feeling one way
>r the other about Noble’s death.
t l knew him just as another guy.”
the health unit’s fund since the
state of Texas does not match
state funds. He was referring to
the 40-G0 percentage basis upon
the State Health Department
matches contributions toward the
operation of the unit.
The only service the College
renders the unit is the employment
of a veterinarian who inspects
meat consumed in the county, Bar-
low said. This person is employed
part-time at a salary of $1,035 a
year.
Approximately $11,000 is spent
annually by A&M for mosquito
and fly control and other mea
sures designed to protect students,
and which also improve the sani
tary condition for the community.
County Budget Set
“The county budget is set with
an allowance of $5,250 for the
Brazos County Health Unit and
can not be changed.” A. S. Ware,
county judge said. He felt that
the county was doing its share in
supporting the health unit, adding
that the general fund was budget
ed to the limit.
College Station’s city budget for
the next fiscal year was approved
July 24 by the city council after a
public hearing. The council pro
vided for a contribution of $1,800
for the unit. Mayor Ernest Lang
ford said that he felt College Sta
tion’s share was equitable.
The College Station city coun
cil approached the problem from
three different angles, Langford
said. The comparative population,
income and tax accessment of the
two cities was taken into considffra-
tion, he said.
Wants to Balance Budget
George E. Adams, mayor of
Bryan said that Bryan’s position
was the same as everyone else’s;
we are simply trying to make ends
meet. The city commission had no
intention of closing the health unit
or reducing it to a part-time basis,
he said.
Snow in August? Not hardly, but this picture
made after a Winter snow in front of the Aca
demic Building looks rather pleasing, and cer
tainly cooling as the thermometer reached above
the 100 mark for the thirteenth consecutive day
yesterday. And weathermen say there is no
immediate hope for a break in the warm spell,
although Lubbock and a few other spots had re
freshing rains yesterday.
Red Negotiators Ask Ridgway
To Continue Cease Fire Talks
Dr. A. G- McGill, chairman of
the health unit’s governing body
called this morning's meeting to
determine a fair basisi for prorat
ing contributions to the unit. This
has been Bryan’s principle argu
ment for the action taken. Accord
ing to Dr. McGill, Bryan is paying
50 percent of the operating expen
ses for the unit.
A meeting of Bryan’s commis
sioners has been slated for Friday
night. The results of the meeting
today in addition to a report from
the State Health Department by
Dr. Brown on methods of financ
ing county health units will be
considered.
Air Chaplain Visits
BAFB Installations
Chaplain V. Z. Hanner, Deputy
Air Chaplain of the Flying Train
ing Air Force, was a visitor of
Bryan Air Force Base. Chaplain
Clark Whistler, Wing Chaplain of
Bryan AFB, escorted Chaplain
Hanner on his routine inspection
of the base and chapel.
During the afternoon, Reverend
William H. Andrews, pastor of
the First Baptist Church of Bryan,
joined the group.
Tokyo, Aug. 9—(A*)—Communist
commanders radioed Gen. Matthew
B. Ridgway tonight they hoped he
would, send the allied truce teams
to Kaesong to resume Korean
cease-fire talks.
The Red leaders said they guar
anteed that their troops would re
spect the Kaesong neutrality zone
and expressed hope no future in
cidents would interrupt the con
ferences.
Wanted Complete Assurances
The reply came 51 hours after
the Supreme United Nations com
mander had notified the Reds he
wanted complete assurances Kae
song’s neutrality would not again
be. violated.
Ridgway did not immediately an
swer the Red reply.
The Communist message was
signed by North Korean Premier
Gen. Kim 11 Sung and Gen. Peng
Teh-Huai, commander of Chinese
forces in Korea.
Their message, as broadcast by
Peiping radio, said:
“We have already solemnly guar
anteed the strict adherence to the
agreement concerning the neutral
ization of Kaesong and as long as
you have no intention of creating
incidents as measures to halt the
truce conferences, we, on our side,
cannot conceive of the occurrence
of a situation in the future not
enabling the complete enforcement
of the agreement.”
Continue Discussion
“We hope that you will order
your representatives to come to
Kaesong and continue the discus
sion.”
The five allied negotiators were
Congressman Says Minimum
Hope for Averting New War
Washington, Aug. 9—(TP)—The
House heard members assert to
day that there is “only a minimum
hope” of averting world war and
that the threat is so close that
American military supply bases
in Europe are being pulled back
from natural Russian invasion
routes.
Rep. Mahon (D-Tex) chairman
of the Appropriations Subcommit
tee which has charge of military
budgets, sounded the “minimum
hope”., warning at the opening of
debate on a $56,062,405,800 armed
services supply bill.
Sikes Followed
Rep. Sikes (D-Fla) followed up
with the report on supply place
ment.
There was no indication how
ever, that their woi’ds had created
any major sensation among law
makers accustomed to grave warn
ings when military money bills
are up for action.
At one time, Sikes said, supplies
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were concentrated at points “along
the natural invasion route which
the Russians almost certainly
would follow in case of an attack.”
He called that “an open invita
tion to invasion, with free and
needed supplies.”
The materials now are being
assembled “in much safer areas”
away from the Russian zone, Sikes
said.
At the Pentagon, available mili
tary officials said they had not
heal'd of any large scale transfer
of supplies in the German occupa
tion zone.
Mahon warned against compla
cency and said that while the Uni
ted States is increasing strength
day by day “the same is probably
true of Russia.”
Democrats Mistakes
A Republican replied that the
present tense, situation is due in
large part to mistakes made by
Democratic administrations.
Rep. Wigglesworth (R-Mass)
said the bill “represents a down-
payment on tragic errors in judg
ment made at the conference tables
of Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam.”
“It amounts to a ransom for an
appeasement policy which this ad
ministration has pursued in Asia,
making it possible for the Chinese
Reds to take over China,” he said.
The bill, Wigglesworth said, is
a mortgage on the life of every
American for the blunders which
made it possible for Russia to ex
tend its domination from 170 mil
lion people in 1945 to 800 million
people by 1950.
The amount the military is re
questing is twice the entire cost—
$29,520,000,000—of the federal gov
ernment from 1789 until it entered
the first world war in 1917, he
said.
Mahon was the lead-off man in
debate on the bill.
He told his colleagues that “in
my judgment, there is only a mini
mum hope that our difficulties with
Russia can and will be resolved
short of war. Trends from cold to
hot war, from little wars to big
wars, do not have a tendency to
reverse themselves short of an
all-out explosion.
“We are not so blind that we
fail to realize that an all-out shoot
ing war might last for a decade
and might very well destroy much
of civilization as we know it on
this planet.”
“War Not Inevitable”
However, he said war “is not in
evitable.” He said the world pic
ture should be somewhat clearer
this Fall, which will be “the time
of decision.”
“Unless there is a decided change
for the better,” Mahon continued,
more money will be needed later
this year to build up the Air Force
and strengthen the Navy’s air arm
—and to increase this country’s
military forces beyond the present
ly planned 3,500,000* men.
at their “peace camp” in Korea
ready to return to Kaesong if
Ridgway so directs them. News
correspondents near the negotiators
advance headquarters were told
tonight to “stand by” and not
leave their press train.
Talks Stopped
There have been no negotiations
for five days. They were broken
off last Sunday by General Ridg
way after a company of armed
Reds marched through the neutral
zone Saturday. Ridgway demand
ed an explanation and assurance
it would not happen again.
In his Tuesday message he ask
ed still stronger assurances.
In effect, the Reds gave them
today. But they did not make a
direct reply. Instead they repeat
ed assurances they gave on Mon
day.
Ridgway may accept or reject
this new Communist message. On
his decision rests the possible fu
ture of the armistice talks.
Herdsmen
Open Course
Here Today
A three day short course for
Texas herdsmen began this morn
ing at the beef cattle center. An
estimated 75 cattlemen registered
for the conference sponsored by
the Animal Husbandry Depart
ment.
The purpose of the school is to
acquaint new purebred cattle
breeders and older 1 herdsmen with
the latest information on the care
of their stock. During the school,
the stockmen will learn the latest
details on cattle breeding, man
aging, feeding, showing, and mar
keting.
“A movie concerning the rais
ing of Brahman cattle in Brazil
will be shown to the group Friday
night at 8 p. m. in Guion Hall,”
said J. K. Riggs, chairman of the
1951 school.
Instructors and guest speakers
for the course include Edgar Hud
gins, a Brahman cattle breeder
from Hungerford; W. J. Largent,
Hereford cattleman from Merkle;
W. B. Roberts, manager of the
Flat Top Ranch at Walnut Springs;
Dr. Paul Keesee, manager of the
Essar Ranch at San Antonio; Mil-
ton Miller, southwestern represen
tative of .the American Aberdeen-
Angus Association; and Harry
Gayden, executive secretary of the
American Brahman Breeders Asso
ciation.
Former college herdsman, Ar
thur L. Gee of the Essar Ranch
and LaRue Douglas, herdsman for
the J. D. Hudgins Ranch, will also
help with the instruction.
The short course will end Satur
day noon.
At the Grove
Tonight
Aug. 9—Movie, “Vengeance Val
ley,” with Robert Walker and Burt
Lancaster—8 p.m.
In his Tuesday message Ridgway
said:
“It must be clearly understood
that my acceptance of a resumption
of the armistice talks is conditional
on complete compliance with your
guarantees of neutralization of the
Kaesong area. Any further fail
ure in this regard will be inter
preted as a deliberate move on
your part to terminate the armi
stice negotiations.
“I await your acceptance of
this condition.”
Generals Kim and Peng messag
ed Ridgway, by Chinese language
morse-cast:
“In answer to your letter of Aug.
7, we notified you in our August
6 reply to your letter that we had
ordered a new strict adherence to
the July 14 agreements on the
Kaesong neutral area and that we
had guaranteed anew the non-re
petition of violations of the agree
ment.
“You are surely aware that this
agreement is that concerning the
neutralization of Kaesong as men
tioned in your August 7 letter.”
Showers, More Heat
Tops in Texas Weather
By Associated Press
Cooling thunder showers drop
ped temperatures sharply in parts
of the South Plains Wednesday
afternoon and night.
Some points got half an inch
of rain. From a high of 100 the
temperature dropped to 89 at
Lubbock as a shower hit.
Denver City received half an
inch of rain, and lightning caused
a power failure there. Morton re
ported half an inch. Areas to
Southwest and South of Lubbock
reported good showers.
A bit—just a little bit—of cool
er weather came Wednesday to the
Panhandle and the Texas coast.
“Purely local,” said a weather
bureau forecaster. “The water of
the Gulf on the coast. A little
effect from Colorado’s cool air in
the Panhandle.”
No Break Sighted
“But there’s nothing to indicate
any real break in the heat wave.”
There were temperature readings
in the nineties in the Panhandle
and coastal areas. Elsewhere it
was blazing hot—elsewhere there
was no relief in two weeks of
searing heat which caused 13 or
more deaths over the state.
The heat has shriveled the esti
mate of Texas’ 1951 cotton crop;
baked lawns and gardens; browned
College Heat Mark
Reaches Up to 103
“No change” in weather condi
tions for the local area is expected,
the CAA weather station at Eas-
terwood Airport reported today.
Yesterday’s high of 103 degrees
marked the thirteenth consecutive
day the mercury has soared over
the century mark.
It is also the twenty-first of 23
days that the temperature has been
over 100.
South-southeast breezes averag
ing 14 miles-per-hour helped cool
the city with last night’s winds
having gusts up to 25 miles-per-
hour.
Kansas Cold Front
Out of Tokyo
Ridgway, the man to decide
whether the Red reply was ade
quate, had been out of Tokyo dur
ing the day on an inspection of
Eta Jima.
He was informed of the Com
munist reply at 6:15 p.m. (3:15
a.m. EST).
Col. Patrick Welch, Ridgway’s
public information officer, said “I
have no idea when the general
will issue an answer.”
Welch said he telephoned an
“unofficial text” of the Red reply
to the U. N. commander “as soon
as he arrived at the embassy from
the air field.” At that time the
“official text” was being translated
by the headquarters intelligence
section.
Although it is expected to die
out, a cold front is resting in
Kansas and the northern part of
New Mexico. Rain which fell yes
terday in Lubbock was termed as
“strictly a local affair” and none
is expected in this area today.
A low of 77 degrees yesterday
morning" was one degree above
Tuesday’s minimum and the maxi
mum was also up one.
No one was admitted to the lo
cal hospitals yesterday because of
the heat, although an enlisted man
from Bryan Air Force Base was
admitted Tuesday because of “too
much sun.”
Beginners Invited
To Bridge Club
The Veteran’s Wives Bridge
Club will meet tonight in the MSC.
All members are urged to attend,
and any veteran’s wives interested
in learning the game will find in
structions for beginners offered.
At last Thursday’s meeting Ann
Crosson won high prize, and Doris
Crossland was awarded second
prize. New officers were elected,
as follows: Jewel Marshall, presi
dent; Ruth Lawley, vice-president;
Pat Peppin, secretary; Dorothy
Gray, treasurer; and Mary Vail,
reporter.
Vet Flying Class
Opened At Airport
A GI Flying Class is now being
offered at Easterwood Airport.
Classes were previously discontin
ued because the minimum enroll
ment requirement 1 of 10 persons
was not fulfilled.
Only six students are now re
quired for classes. Veterans inter
ested in receiving flying instruc
tion were requested to contact Ira
Vail, Box 6007, College Station.
No water shortage is foreseen
for the area. Howard Badgett,
head of the college physical plants,
has said, that the college has had
no difficulty supplying water con
sumers with a normal supply, al
though inlets on suction lines of the
college "wells have been lowered to
enable the pumps to produce the
extra amount of water needed.
The college grounds workers
have strung auxiliary water lines
on the drill field in an effort to
try and save the grass planted their
last Spring.
The water system was expected
to be in operation late today or
sometime tomorrow.
Efforts put forth last year by
the Senior Grass Committee, may
have been in vain as the majority
of grass across the canipus, with
the exception of the MSC and Ad
ministration Building’s grass, has
long been dead. Even the oak
trees are beginning to feel the lack
of water, many old timers are
claiming.
Throughout the city, however,
residents are using twice as much
water as they did last year.
ranges and pastures, and shrunk
livestock.
It has caused water shortages
in some cities as pumping equip
ment failed to keep up with de
mand.
Dallas, with a 103 degree read
ing Wednesday, found a coopera
tive ban on sprinkling had eased
its water situation somewhat. Of
ficials said limited sprinkling may
be resumed again Thursday.
Hundred-degree weather gripped
wide areas of Texas Wednesday.
Death at Denison
Denison, on the Red River, had
its ninth straight 100-plus day,
and reported its first death be
cause of heat. Henry Wiley, 50,
a grocery clerk, died Tuesday
after suffering a heat stroke.
At Vernon Walter Lloyd, 77,
was found dead in his sheet-iron
shack. Officers said he probably
died of heat exhaustion and mal
nutrition. Vernon’s temperature
soared Wednesday to 108 degrees
for the third straight day.
Wichita Falls reported the heat
prostratiion death Wednesday of!
Richard Parker, 47, Negro. Hous
ton reported the death—possibly
from heat—of an unidentified in
mate of the city prison farm.
Deaths reported from heat include
six in Dallas, three in Houston,
and one each in Austin, Sherman,
Wichita Falls, and Denison.
In North Texas Tuesday, Hen
rietta had registered a scorching
113 degrees to top the temperature
readings. Other spots in the area
had 112 and 111.
Presidio, with 114 degrees, beat
that Wednesday. Wink had 108;
Cotulla 107. Laredo and Salt Flat
106; Del Rio, Fort Worth, Wich
ita Falls, Alice, and Mineral Wells,
105; Big Spring, San Angelo, and
Midland, 104; Dallas, San Antonio,
Waco, Junction, and Childress, 103;
Palestine, Lubbock and Tyler 100;
El Paso 101; Austin and Lufkin
102. Galveston (the coolest report
ing) 90; Beaumont 94, Houston 97,
Brownsville 92, Corpus Christi 95,
Dalhart 92, Amarillo 96.
The forecast for Thm-sday was
continued high temperatures and
(See WEATHER, Page 4)
Congressmen View
West Point Football
Washington, Aug. 9—(A*)—Some
senators found no fault today with
West Point’s policy of recruiting
a few high school football players;
others did.
“I don’t see anything wrong with
that,” Chairman Hoey (D-NC) of
the Senate’s special investigating
subcommittee told a reporter. “All
of the colleges try to get some of
the cream of highschool players
each year.
Hands-Off Attitude
Hoey’s investigating group had
decided on a hands-off attitude for
the present in the dismissal of 90
West Point cadets, including many
football players, for cribbing on
exams and classwork.
At West Point yesterday Col.
Earl Blaik, coach of the academy’s
recent top-flight football teams,
told of recruiting some high school
players. He added:
<‘T
If we did not do that we
would be unable to have any ath
letes in West Point able to play a
normal schedule.”
Blaik denied that high school
players were high-pressured, say
ing many contact West Point to
ask the chance to enter.
He said 24 got a chance this
spring, seven passed the rigid ex
ams, but only five actually entered
with the July class.
Senator Kilgore (D-W.Va.) ques
tioned this explanation of recruit-,
ing football players and suggested
that all football and regular under
graduate training be ended in both
West Point and the Naval Acad*
emy at Annapolis, Md.
Expected Blow-Up
“I have been expecting a blow
up in the academies for severaj
years,” Kilgore said. “They sim-
ply do not have competent educa
tional systems.
“That’s why the boys have to
crib. We should not blame them
for what happened. Compared
with most colleges and universities
of the nation on a educational level,
they are third rate schools.”
Kilgore suggested that both
West Point and Annapolis be used
only for post-graduate training of
future officers.
Senator Byrd (D-Va), acting
chairman of the Senate Armed
Services Committee, said he would
oppose any major change in West
Point and Annapolis training
courses.
As to recruiting of high school
football players, Byrd said:
“I assume those are presidential
apopintments and I see no fault
in that if they pass the same exams
as everybody else.”
Shouldn’t Recruit Players
Senator Lodge (R-Mass) dis-
igreed.
“i
Easterwood Airport, owned and operated by A&M
gets something new next Wednesday when Pio
neer Airlines moves in from Bryan Field. The
modern air field south of the campus is now the
location of Civil Aeronautical Administration
weather and radio station which moved from
Bryan Field recently. The airline plans to land
its first flight at Easterwood early Wednesday
morning, or when the noon schedule comes in,
depending on the length of time necessary for
moving equipment to the new location.
I don’t think West Point or ahy
I college or university should recruit
football players or athletes,” Lodge
said.
“I have the definite impression
that there has been an over-em
phasis on football at West Point,”
he said. “A star athlete does not
necessarily make a good officer
any more than he makes a good
doctor.”
Senator McCarthy (R-Wis), a
marine during the last war, dif
fered with Lodge on this point.
“Football is a good rough game
and these boys are being trained
for war,” McCarthy said. “I think
the more competitive athletics they
get, the better.”
Senator Edwin C. Johnson (D-
Colo) said “every college does re
cruit football players. I don’t see
anything out of line in that re
spect.”