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Number 212: Volume 51
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1951
Price Five Cents
U. S. Confident of Victory
Over Russians In Treaty Talks
From Caribbean
Weary Jamaica Lies
In Path of New Blow
Miami, Fla., Sept. 4-(^P)-Storm-
groggy Jamica, where 150 died in
an August hurricane, braced today
for new blows by a tropical twis
ter sweeping in off the Eastern
•Caribbean Sea.
Hurricane “Dog,” the fourth of
the season, passed south of Haiti
and the Dominican Republic dur
ing the night on a course aimed to-
ward the Jamaican capital of
Kingston.
The Miami Bureau said that un
less the storm shifts direction, it
would strike Jamaica this after
noon from about the same angle
as the August hurricane, one of
the most devastating that ever
raked the big British island.
At 5 a.m. (EST) the hurricane
was located about 220 miles south
east of Kingston.
Center Near Kingston
“The center should pass a short
distance south of Kingston this
afternoon,” the Bureau said.
Winds in the northern semicircle
of the massive storm probably hit
the southern coastline of Dominica
and Haiti, the Bureau said, but
there were no reports immediately
m whether damage had been suf
fered.
As hurricane ‘dog” traveled its
menacing course at 20 miles an
hour, another storm sprang up far
out in the Atlantic, 1,100 miles
east of the island of Antigua in
the British West Indies.
Hunter Planes
Hurricane hunter planes were
unable to reach the new storm area
yesterday but an Air Force B-29
will check it today.
With two storms to follow at
the same time, the Weather Bu
reau began using standard com
munications terms in referring to
them. The first hurricane of the
season was “Able.” Then came
“Baker,” “Charlie” and now “Dog.”
If the Atlantic storm grows into
a hurricane it will be called
“Easy.”
Winds Hit. 100 M.P.H.
Hurricane “Dog” has winds of
100 miles an hour velocity around
the center and winds of hurricane
force reaching out 150 miles to the
north of the storm’s eye and 75
miles to the south. The last re
port said it was gi’owing in size
and intensity.
It formed Sunday morning be
tween the islands of Martinique
and St. Lucia. Winds estimated at
112 miles an hour ripped away
roofs and uprooted trees in Port
de France, capital of French Mar
tinique, as the hurricane began its
westward run over the Caribbean.
Violent Death
Toll Hits 600
By The Associated Press
A staggering death toll of more
than GOO from violent accidents
marked the nation’s observance of
the Labor Day weekend.
In Texas, 44 persons died
from traffic accidents, 3 drowned,
and 24 died from miscellaneous
causes.
Fatalities on the highways, in
the air and in the water hit an all-
time high for the holiday.
Deaths in traffic accidents soar
ed to record high for Labor Day.
A survey from 6 p.m. Friday to
midnight Monday (local time)
showed:
637 accidental deaths, compared
to the 559 over the 1950 Labor Day
weekend, the previous high.
447 traffic fatalities as com
pared to the old record high of 410
for a 78-hour Labor Day holiday
in 1949.
97 persons drowned, including
37 on the capsized fishing boat
Pelican off the eastern tip of Long-
Island. The fishing boat disaster
was the worst accident over the
holiday period.
93 persons lost their lives in ac
cidents of miscellaneous nature,
including plane crashes, fires, falls,
etc.
The nation’s highways were
jammed with millions of cars in
the last long holiday of the Sum
mer season. Fatal mishaps were
reported in nearly every state.
The National Safety Council had
estimated the traffic death toll
would reach 390 for the holiday.
Last Labor Day 383 were killed
in highway accidents while the to
tal accidental deaths numbered 583.
Carlson New Head
Post Grad Studies
D. E. Carlson, associate profes
sor of industrial engineering has
taken over the Department of Post
Graduate Studies in the absence
of V. M. Faires who has gone to
Wilmington, Del. for a year’s serv
ice with DuPont DeNemours.
Carlson graduated from Annap
olis in 1921, and is a retired naval
captain. He received an MS from
Columbia in 1930, and came to
A&M in January of 1947.
The Department of Post Grad
uate Studies is a program of cor
respondence courses open to any
graduate of A&M who resided at
U the college for at least two years.
Purpose of the courses is to aid
i graduates in becoming better ac
quainted with the humanities and
^ the social sciences.
Japan, Korea
Discussed By
Lions Speaker
“Japan has advanced 200 years
during the five years of American
occupation,” Col. Spencer Buchan-
on, professor of civil engineering
and a consultant for Headquarters,
USAF told members and guests
of the College Station Lions Club
yesterday.
The speaker had recently com
pleted a six weeks tour of duty in
Japan and Korea lending assis
tance to the Air Force in the prob
lem of airfields in that area. CoL
Buchanon described the Japanese
people as hospitable, energetic, and
“eager to catch-up with the rest
of the world.”
Japan has recovered rapidly
from the havoc wrought by war,
the speaker said, and today has
air conditioned buildings compara
ble to those in the United States.
The country’s transportation sys
tem is first class, Col. Buchanon
said, and its commuter trains are
better operated than our own.
The situation in Korea was de
scribed as stable, a condition that
is apt to continue for some tiihe.
Col. Buchanon said that the
American soldiers serving in Korea
were well supplied, their morale
was good, and facilities for main
taining their positions were good.
The Korean people were described
as cordial, sincere, and proud.
“Korea with a population of 28
millions, has a superior railway
system, an excellent flood control
program, and extensive hydroelec
tric plants,” the colonel said. “Ag
riculture in Korea is patterned af
ter that found in Japan, the na
tion which occupied Korea for ov
er 25 years preceding the conclu
sion of World War II.”
Dr. A. A. Price, president of
the Lions Club called the members’
attention to a board of directors
meeting to be held Tuesday noon
in the- MSC, and a charter meet
ing scheduled for Thursday eve
ning at 7:30 in Bremont. The
speaker was introduced by A. D.
Folweiler, program chairman.
Tucker Named
To Head Press
J. Frank Tucker, 603A, East
28th, Bryan has been named acting
manager of the A&M Press suc
ceeding J. W. Hall, who retired
Sept. 1 after 25 years with the
Press.
The new manager has been con
nected with the Press for nearly
eight years. Tucker and his family
moved to Bryan from Jackson,
Miss, in February, 1943.
Tucker has two children, J.
Frank Jr., 22, who will graduate
from A&M in January with a
BBA; and Barbarba Ann, 17, a
1951 graduate of Stephen F. Aus
tin High School, Bryan.
Commenting on his crew in the
A&M Press, Tucker said, “They
are as good as can be found any
where.” He stressed the teamwork
and cooperation which enable the
crew to get their jobs done quick
ly and accurately.
The A&M Press, which in 1927
was located in the old mechanical
engineering shop building, had two
small presses, a cylinder press, a
hand cutter, a folding machine, and
one linotype machine. The present
plant is modem and well equipped
with equipment such as a Ludlow
machine, four typecasting ma
chines, and several presses.
Guesses Lacking
On Time Needed
To Sign Pact
San Francisco, Sept. 4——In
tensive behind-the-scenes negotia
tions today convinced American
leaders, including President Tru
man, that they have the votes to
defeat any Russian drive to dis-
rupt the Japanese peace confer
ence opening tonight.
But none could say just how long
it will take to get a peace treaty
signed.
Mr. Truman flew in from Wash
ington yesterday with a new warn
ing of possible Communist offen
sives in Korea, Asia or Europe.
He will open the conference to
night with a major address at 7:30
p.m. (9:30 p.m., EST.) The ad
dress will be televised and broad
cast nationally.
First Session Tomorrow
The first working session will
be held tomorrow morning. Rus
sia’s tactics are expected to be
quickly disclosed at that time.
The President’s latest warning
to the. country to be on guard and
continue massing its defenses
sounded a grim note. It came on
the eve of the gathering of 51 dele
gations at San Francisco’s gilt-
and-marble opera house to close
the books on World War II in the
Pacific. Though his speech was
aimed at a homefront audience of
potential defense bond buyers, it
had a direst singnificance for the
host of diplomats assembled here
from over the world.
“We Must Build Defense”
“Whether the negotiations in Ko
rea are successful or not,” he said,
“we must continue to drive ahead
to build defensive strength for our
country and the free world.
“The plain fact is that the Com
munists may try to resume the
offensive in Korea at any time.
Moreover, they are capable of
launching new attacks in Europe,
in the Middle East or elsewhere
in Asia—wherever it suits them.”
As conceived by the American
government, conclusion of the Jap
anese peace treaty is a major task
in the drive to build the free
world’s defenses. While formally
ending World War II and restoring
Japan's independence, it would per
mit Japan to rearm and sign a
projected Japanese - American
agreement to station United States
forces in Japan after the occupa
tion.
Fight Expected
That is why these officials ex
pect Russia to put up a stiff fight
against the pact.
Secretary of State Acheson and
his aides, in close cooperation with
British delegate Kenneth Younger
and other key envoys here, have
worked out an elaborate battle
strategy to meet a disruptive cam
paign by Soviet delegate Andrei
Gromyko.
Concern with possible Russian
efforts to knot the conference in
long debate and thereby wreck the
treaty has, in fact, dominated their
pre-conference planning. Yet some
of Acheson’s advisers do not en
tirely nile out the chance that Gro
myko may pull a surprise play,
lay down a conciliatory line and,
after making objections and reser
vations, conceivably sign the trea
ty.
Three Of A Kind
Glynne, Lynne and Wynne play with their dog, Boots, in Fort
Worth while their mother, Mrs. James H. Hamrick, fills out the
forms needed to get the identical triplets enrolled in the first grade.
Helping is Principal Cecil Singleton.
La bor Day Brings
High Temperature
Labor day brought 105-degree
temperature to College Station yes
terday, and 100-degree temperature
and above was reported over most
of the state. A short shower
around 5 p.m. brought momentary
relief to local residents.
Approximately .06 inch of rain
fall was reported by the CAA lo
cated at Easterwood Airport, two
miles west of College Station.
There was a trace of rain reported
for Sunday.
The temperature also soared to
105 degrees in Wichita Falls, Fort
Worth, Presidio and Mineral Wells,
the Associated Press reported. Oth
er readings 100 and above reported
by the AP included 104 at Waco,
Former A&M
Regent Dies
Dr. Joseph Allen Kyle, 80, avid
supporter of Texas A&M and dean
of Houston’s practicing physicians,
died Sunday after a short illness.
Dr. Kyle graduated from this col
lege in the class of 1890 with a
BS degree, was a veteran of WW I,
and held numerous government
and medical society offices from
the time he moved to Houston in
1896. He was • a member of the
board of regents of A&M.
The pioneer physician was the
first chief of staff of the Houston
Jefferson Davis Hospital, a mem
ber of the city planning commis
sion during several administra
tions, and was a past chairman of
the Texas State Board of Medical
Examiners. Dr. Kyle was a director
of the Houston National Bank for
37 years, past president of the
Harris County Medical Society.
103 at Tyler, Lufkin, and Dallas,
102 at Austin, Del Rio, Alice, and
Childress, 101 at Palestine, and
Texarkana, and 100 at San Anto
nio, Laredo, Wink, and Junction.
Three heat deaths were reported
in the state during the long week
end. The latest was A. G. San-
guinet, 72, of Fort Worth.
The weather forecast for East
Texas is partly cloudy today and
Wednesday with no important tem
perature changes. Widely scat
tered thundershowers today and in
North and East portions Wednes
day. Moderate mostly southerly
winds on the coast.
A review of the heat College
Station has been experiencing dur
ing the last few days reads 104
degrees, Sunday and 105 degrees,
Saturday. The lowest temperature
has been 75 degrees for both Sat
urday and yesterday.
Red Drive Expected,
Backed By 1,000Planes
Two Years Old
Child Pu lied From
Small Well Shaft
Newberg, Ore., Sept. 4—OP)—
Rescuers brought two-year-old Ma
rie Anne Payne back up into the
sunlight, four hours after she
tumbled into the darkness of a
narrow well shaft.
Workmen, digging frantically,
sank another hole alongside the
well and reached her at 6:13 p.m.
(PDT) yesterday. She fell in at
2 p.m. while playing in the yard
of her home.
She was conscious when brought
up, but in a state of shock.
Early today Dr. C. A. Bump re
ported she apparently had suffer
ed no ill effects other than being
chilled and shocked.
She was waist deep in thick mud
when rescuers got to her.
Through the ordeal her father,
Elvin Payne, stayed at the top of
the hole. He reassured her: “You’ll
be okay now in a few minutes.”
The distraught mother looked in
to the well hole just once as the
digging progressed. “All I saw
was her hand,” she said.
The little girl had fallen in feet
first, her hands over her head.
Oxygen was pumped down the
narrow hole—only eight inches in
diameter—as the crew sank the
rescue shaft two feet away.
Their digger would drill only 10
feet. She was 12 feet down. State
police rushed to Sheridan 32 miles
away for another driller to com
plete the job.
Marie, whose cries weakened as
New Student Week
To Begin Friday
New student week will begin
Friday, Dr. John R. Bertrand, dean
of the basic division, said today.
Classes for new as well as old
returning students will begin Sept.
17.
The program for new student
week includes housing assignments,
issuance of uniforms, payment of
fees, aptitude tests and other pro
grams.
Dr. M. T. Harrington, president,
will give the address of welcome,
and the students will hear talks
by Dean of the College Dr. C. Cle
ment French, Dean of Men W. L.
Penberthy and others.
City Industrial Development
Two-Day Conference Subject
Approximately 250 managers of
Chamber of Commerce, bankers, in
dustrial realtors, and transporta
tion officers are expected to at
tend the Industrial Development
Conference scheduled to be held at
A&M Thursday and Friday.
Purpose of the conference, spon
sored by the Industrial Engineer
ing Department, is to give repre
sentatives from cities throughout
Texas a knowledge of the methods
which may be utilized in attracting
new industry to their locations. D.
E. Carlson, associate professor of
Industrial Engineering is confer
ence director.
Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist of the
A&M College System will deliver
the welcoming address at the first
session which begins at 9:45 Thurs
day morning. Publicizing the com
munity will be discussed by Dr.
Richard B. Johnson, chairman of
the Department of Economics at
Southern ' Methodist University at
the opening session.
Gordon H. Turrentine, vice-pres
ident of the South Texas National
Bank of Houston will be chairman
for the morning session.
The afternoon session will get
under way at 1:30 with Archie R.
Burgess, professor and head of the
Industrial Engineering Department
presiding. Speakers for the after
noon session include E. Warren
Bowden, vice-president and gener
al manager of Walter Kidde Engi
neers - Southwest, Inc., Houston;
and Vernon R. Fitzhugh, Secre
tary-Treasurer of Tyler Stove and
Enameling Company, Tyler.
“Industry Location Factors” will
be Bowden’s subject. Fitzhugh
will speak on “Industrial Founda
tions.”
Rear Admiral Richard M. Watt,
USN, assistant chief of naval ma
terial and director of Production
Navy Department, Washington, D.
C. will deliver an address entitled
“Industrial Mobilization” at a ban
quet session scheduled for 6:30
Thursday evening. Carlson will
MC the function.
Two talks will be heard Friday
morning. Wayne Fletcher, execu
tive director of Arkansas Resour
ces and Development Commission,
Little Rock, Ark. will speak on the
utilization of raw materials and
by-products; and William R. Arch
er, regional vice-president of the
National Association of Manufac
turers will talk on financing small
industries.
Dr. William R. Spriegel, dean of
the School of Business Administra
tion at the University of Texas will
be in charge of the morning ses
sion. The afternoon session will
begin at 1:30 with John W. Coffin,
research engineer at the Texas En
gineering Experiment Station,
A&M presiding.
A panel of speakers will be heard
Friday afternoon. H. Gifford Till,
director of Industrial Research and
Development, Missouri - Kansas-
Texas Lines will head the panel
entitled “Assistance Available in
Industrial Development.
Panel members include R. L.
Bruce, grand lodge representative
for The International Association
of Machinists (AF of L); Ted Clif
ford, supervisor of reports and sta
tistics for the Texas Employment
Commission; and R. H. Burchfield,
industrial realtor. Members of the
faculty are invited to attend the
meetings of the Industrial Devel
opment Conference without charge,
Carlson said.
Record Set At
Consolidated
Enrollment, in the A&M Consol
idated Independent School District
reached an all time high this morn
ing when 1005 students registered
for classes which commence tomor
row morning at 8:25.
Activities this morning included
registering for classes, picking up
books, and attending a trial run
of classes which were shortened
to allow the students one brief
afternoon of freedom before settl
ing down to the nine months grind.
Although last year’e enrollment
reached 1030, late registrations
.are expected to bring the total this
year to around 1186.
Assemblies were held in the jun
ior and senior high schools at
which time registration procedures
were explained. Each student was
allowed to make out his own sche
dule, allowing for required and
elective courses as he sees fit.
The first football game for the
1951 season will be played Friday
night with Rosse. The consolidated
team has been working out for
nearly two weeks under the tutor
ship of coach O. V. Chafin.
The new classrooms and cafe
teria will not be ready for occu
pancy until midterm, according to
Les Richardson, school superinten
dent. This means that the old
kitchen in the gymnasium will be
used the first few months, he add
ed.
Alterations have been made in
the gymnasium in an effort to im
prove the acoustics for meetings
and programs. Several classrooms
the digging progressed, sank slow
ly into the mud as workmen went
deeper in the three by four foot
x'escue shaft.
When the shaft was down 14
feet, rescuers carefully shoved a
steel rod across into the well hole
at the point where they thought
the child was lodged.
She called to her father that the
rod had touched her and he relayed
the word to the rescue crew. They
tunnelled across to the well shaft
to reach her.
When she was brought to the
surface by Newberg fireman Ralph
Staley, the bottom half of her
body was covered with a thick
heavy mud.
The mishap recalled the case of
Kathy Fiscus, 3, who died of suf
focation in a well pipe in San Mar
ino, Calif., in April 1949.
Dr. Bump said that if no com
plications developed, Marie might
be released from the hospital to
day.
He’s Ired
Pinky’s Skill
As Swimmer
In Question
Normally such news as is about
to be presented would go on the
sports page. But page one is. the
proper place for this story.
P. L. (Pinky) Downs Jr., has
had his feelings hurt—he has
been outtalked. His prowess as a
1 swimmer has been challenged—in
fact whether he can swim at all
has been openly doubted.
“You don’t think they would
name the swimming pool at A&M
for me and I not know how to
swim,” Downs points out vocifer
ously. Still his ability to. swim at
all has been questioned.
“Well,” he says, “tell you what
—I challenge any man or men to
a swimming match in the P. L.
Downs Jr. natatorium (He asked
that it be spelled out P. L. Downs
Jr. natatorium) —who are 65 years
of age or more.”
So the challenge is out—you
may contact Downs if any man 65
years of age or older wishes to ac
cept the challenge. Downs does
not say so, but he hints vaguely,
that he’s about the only 65-yeat-
old man employed by the college
who can swim.
Details of the match will be
woi'ked out later—but Marshall
Bullock of Bryan, Fred Hale, Ike
Rahlberg, the Rev. James F. Jack-
son, Col. Joe Davis, Hershell Bur
gess, Newt Hielscher, Sid Loveless,
Art Adamson, Ernest Langford,
C. A. Price, Howard Berry and
W. L. Penberthy, of College Sta
tion have been asked to get in
touch with Downs immediately to
arrange the match and select the
swimmers.
Probe Starts In
have been repainted inside and out ^ i
and an extensive maintenance pro- ¥•
gram will be carried on so that
all rooms will be decorated by
next summer.
Seven new teachers were added
to the faculty of the A&M Con
solidated Schools. This brings the
total faculty number up to 41.
THDA Meeting
Brought to End
The concluding program for 1500
Texas Home Demonstration Asso
ciation delegates representing 115
counties, was held Friday, ending
the three-day convention. Last
week’s meeting, with “United We
Stand” as its theme, marked the
25th anniversary of the organiza
tion, which was founded on the
A&M Campus by a small group of
women who had accompanied their
husbands to a convention.
G. G. Gibson, director of the Ex
tension Service, in an opening ad
dress Wednesday morning, com
mended the Association on its
growth from nearly 900 organ
ized clubs in 1926 to almost 3000
in 1951. Mrs. R. M. Almanrode,
Monday, presided over the busi
ness meetings held on the campus.
A board of officers has begun
an investigation into the forced
landing Friday of a B-25 bomber
in a field near College Station.
The plane made a wheels-up, pan
cake landing in one of the exper
imental farm’s fields on Turkey
Creek road.
Pilot of the bomber, Lt. William
T. Linderman, suffered a com
pression fracture of the second
lumbar vertabra, but the other four
men were uninjured. The ship suf
fered damage to the nose and one
wing.
The plane and crew were on a
training mission from Ellington
Air Force Base to Norman, Okla
homa.
Lt. Lindermann prevented a pos
sible disaster when he plowed
the bomber into the field for the
forced landing. Lt. Lindermann
has been taken to Brooke Gen
eral Hospital at Fort Sam Hous
ton, where his condition is said to
be good.
The other airmen on the plane
were Lt. M. D. Coffin, co-pilot;
Lt. James E. Gowdy, student in
structor; and Capt. W. H. Duna-
gan and Major D. Riordan, stu
dents. None of these men were in
jured.
Ex-Students Get
Advanced Degrees
Three graduates of Texas A&M
College received advanced de
grees from Harvard University in
commencement exercises June 21.
They are James Whitforth Knox,
1949 A&M graduate who was
awarded a master of business ad
ministration degree; Pae Yateg
Spillman, a 1949 architecture grad
uate of A&M, who received a mas
ter of architecture degree, and
Charles Robert Burt, who received
a master of science degree from
A&M in 1949 and was awarded a
bachelor of laws degree by Har
vard University.
Faculty-Staff
Meeting Set
A general meeting of the
faculty and staff before the
opening of school will be
held Thursday September 13,
at 5 p. m., President M. T.
Harrington announced today.
The meeting will be held in
Guion Hall.
Truce Notes
Unyielding;
Battle Rages
Tokyo, Sept. 4—(A 5 )—Truce ne
gotiators exchanged accusing, un
compromising notes today amid
predictions a 400,000 man Red
army may soon launch a new of
fensive in the Korean war.
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway’s
headquarters said the Communists
have a total of 70 divisions avail
able, backed by 1,000 planes, plus
tanks and artillery. It added:
“Large numbers of Caucasian
Soviet puppet troops” had moved
into North Korea.
Battle Flares
Along the battle line fighting
reached its greatest intensity in
four months. Reds were reported
to have re-equipped and resupplied
at least 40 divisions, about 400,000
men, on the front with 30 morn
in reserve since now disrupted traca
talks started July 10.
Chief truce negotiators exchang
ed six sharp notes today. Each
accused the other of distortion.
Neither proposed resuming armi
stice meetings which the Reds
broke off two weeks ago.
The notes between U. S. Vice
Adm. C. Turner Joy and North Ko
rean Lt. Gen. Nam II dealt solely
with three asserted violations of
the Kaesong neutrality zone in Ko
rea. They were Red accusations.
Charges Denied
Joy denied them all. He said
Nam IPs “distortion” could “not
transform allegations into reali
ties.”
Despite the bitterness of the
notes, a source close to the United
Nations command said hope still
existed among truce negotiators
that armistice talks would be re
sumed.
However, the general view was
heavy with pessimism. Responsi
ble quarters said efforts to get
truce talks going again appeared
to have deteriorated under a welter
of wasted words.
Three Notes
Nam 11 sent three lengthy notes
telling Admiral Joy “your consist
ent method of distorting facts and
flat denial” was not a satisfactory
answer to Red charges.
He repeated Communist accusa
tions that (1) an Allied plane
dropped flares Aug. 29 in the Kae
song area where trace talks were
held, (2) South Korean troops
killed a Red military policeman in
the neutral zone Aug. 30, and (3)
Allied troops killed one Communist
and wounded another on the edge
of the zone Aug. 19.
Admiral Joy’s replies were sharp
and curt. He again denied all
three charges.
Joy Denies Charges
In his three replies Joy told
Nam II:
“Nothing in your many intem
perate statements” changes the al
ready announced U. N. denials.
“Mere volume of words does not
transform allegations into reali
ties.
“A thorough investigation re
veals that U. N. command aircraft
did not drop flares in the Kaesong
neutral zone.
“Nothing in your distorted re
marks modifies the facts.”
Joy previously announced that
U. N. troops had nothing to do
with each shooting incident.