Drouth Halts Stock
Dealing In Angelo
San Angelo, Tex., Oct. 31—(A*)
Most San Angelo-area stockmen
who usually fatten cattle through
the fall and winter have shut their
gates and left their feedlots empty
this time.
Noel Conaway explains the
plight of those who usually fatten
stock on bought feeds.
“We just don’t think we can af
ford it this time. Feed prices are
all out of proportion to the price
of cattle. So when a man has to
buy all his feed, he can’t help but
lose.”
Cottonseed hulls, essential in a
feedlot here as bread on the stock
man’s family table, are as hard to
get as a good rain. They cost $30
a ton, and it’s a lucky man who
can find them, even at that. Alfal
fa runs from $60 to $68 a ton.
Bundle feed is about $45 a ton.
Forty-one per cent protein pellets
cost $92 a ton.
Drouth Stops Feed
f The drouth has stopped another
important phase of feeding in this
area. Most years, dozens of stock-
farmers here fatten from 10 to 200
cattle apiece on feeds they have
gfown on their own land. They
made no feed this year. Not only
are they not fattening cattle, but
most of them have even cut down
drastically on their milk stock be
cause of the lack of feed.
By this time of year some cattle
are usually on full feed at mid
west feed yards here. There are
none. When the yard owners show
prospective feeders the feed prices,
they start backing away.
The Western Cotton Oil Co. mill
here usually custom-feeds large
numbers of cattle. Because of the
severe shortage of cottonseed hulls,
the mill is taking in no new cattle.
It is getting its present small num
bers of cattle moved out as rapidly
as possible.
Probably the biggest single
bunch of cattle on feed here right
now is the 200 bulls being fed by
J6e Barton. He admits he wishes
he didn’t have them.
“Feed keeps getting higher, but
the cattle market doesn’t improve
a.bit,” he observes disconsolately.
Unless the feed situation changes,
he doesn’t plan to replace these
bulls as they go to market.
Rector Henderson, ranchman and
feeder, has some cattle on feed
here. Like Barton, he wishes he
didn’t.
Civil Service Plans
Tests lor Students
The US Civil Service Commis
sion has announced an examination
for all sophomore and junior col
lege students. This examination is
for student aid (trainee) positions
in the fields of chemistry, physics,
mathematics, metallurgy and en
gineering. Yearly salaries range
from $2,650 to $2,875.
To qualify, applicants must pass
ft written test and have received
one half for jobs paying $2,650 or
three fourths for jobs paying
$2,875 of the total credits re
quired for a bachelor’s degree in
their field. Age limits are from 18
to 25 except for those entitled to
veterans’ preference.
» Application forms may be ob
tained at the college placement of
fice, most first and second class
post offices, or Civil Service of
fices. Form 5000-AB must be sub
mitted. Announcement number of
the form is 305 and the title is
“Student Aid (Trainee).”
This form must be filled out and
mailed to the Civil Service Com
mission, Washington 25, D. C. Ap
plications will be accepted in the
Commission’s Washington office
until Dec. 4, 1951.
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SOMEWHERE?
Before you leave for'any
city, come in and pick up
a sign to put on your suit
case. Let the people know
where you are going and
you’ll get a ride a lot soon
er. We have a complete
selection of signs for almost
any place you want to go.
The
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“The feed has gone up $7.80 a
ton just since I put the cattle on
it,” he declares, “but the cattle
haven’t gone up. The OPS puts
the lid on cattle prices and sits
on it, but it doesn’t do anything
about feed.”
Sol Kelly of Sonora often feeds
cattle by the carload. He doesn’t
have a one here this fall. Walter
Duff, a veteran feeder, is sitting
this one out. So is Glenn Fox.
Tad Richards of Winters is saving
what little feed he made for his
range cattle.
E. J. Boatner, manager of West
Texas Packing Co. here, declared
that the big cut in feeding will be
felt by area packers. It is al
ready hard to find good butcher
cattle.
Crow Packing Co. of Pecos pro
tects itself by carrying on its own
feeding operations. The company
has about 600 head on feed. It
contracted its feed early, at lower
prices, and bought many of its
feeder cattle earlier, at prices be
low current market.
A&M Moving In Right
Direction, Says Chris Gent
Outside Falsies
New Fashion
In Swim Suits
Los Angeles, Oct. 31 — (JP)
The bathing beauties of 1952
will be out in the open with
their deceit, if any.
The major California swim
suit makers previewed their new
lines before the nation’s fashion
editors and showed, among other
things, suits with outside falsies.
Cole calls them the “flying
wing” bras. A wing on the bodice
turns down for the flat-chested
girl but worn up, eclipses a too-
generous bosom.
Another hit of the show open
ing yesterday was an all-nylon
black velvet swim suit by Catalina,
complete with a jeweled choker
collar. The collar unties and
transforms into a belt for those
who prefer their bathing suits
strapless.
Catalina’s people • announced
without the batting of an eye lash
that the suit is made for swim
ming. It seems the tight fitting
nylon resists water while attract
ing male stares. The suit has a
Parisan look and even a Parisan
name. It’s called the “Eyeful Tow
er.”
Rose Marie Reid featured one
job that could well bring the pros
pectors out of the mountains. It
was in gold and silver metallic lace
but even the model wasn’t sure
whether she could get near the
water in this one.
Gantner featured the little boy
look in its models, even to pock
ets. The pockets are without flaps.
The Southwestern Indian motif
was featured throughout the collec
tion. One maker even includes a
strand of Navajo beads with each
suit.
The swim suit parade touched
off the Califomia fashion creators
National Press week—a week-long
show of the huge California fash
ion industry, second only to New
York in size.
Club Leaders Reset
Course for Nov. 15
The training course for Cub
Scout leaders will be held Nov.
15 instead of Thursday as pre
viously announced, Daniel Russell,
chairman of the Boy Scout Train
ing Committee said Tuesday.
The change of plans was made
because of a Halloween celebration
which made it impossible for some
of the Houston den mothers to
come to College Station Thursday.
“All mothers of Cub age boys
and all others interested in Cub
bing are invited to attend. The
only charge will be $1.50 for the
luncheon,” added Russell.
Leading the program will be
C. H. Peden and Joe Johnson of
the Sam Houston; Area Council in
Houston.
Chris Gent
Food Work Fascinating
MSC’s Tunnell Says
“Working with food is fascinat
ing, and once you get involved in
it you never want to quit,” be
lieves Teresa Tunnell, food direct
or of the MSC.
Miss Tunnell appears to be cor-
reet in her belief for she is one
who seldom quits. As food direct
or, she is in charge of the dining
room, coffee shop, and fountain
room, as well as the banquets and
other private parties held in the
MSC.
Rifle Squad
Faces Arkansas
fn Fayetteville
The A&M Rifle Team will
travel to Fayetteville, Arkan
sas this week-end to fire a
shoulder to shoulder match
with the University of Arkan
sas Rifle Team, Saturday morning.
Winners over the Baylor Rifle
Team by 96 points the team led by
John G. Rowe, team captain, will
leave the campus Thursday after
noon either by government trans
portation or by private cars.
Team members include Russel
G. Durrill, Lester O. Hill, C. D.
Unrue, Lyle A. Wolf skill, Ray L.
Lyons, Bill Swan, and Carl Schlin-
ke.
M/Sgt. W. R. Reese, rifle team
coach, who will accompany the
team to Arkansas, said “we hope
to make those Razorbacks jump.”
Reese also explained that he is
trying to schedule matches with
all the schools in the Southwest
Conference. The match with Bay
lor was the first match of the
year since TCU does not have a
rifle team.
This will be the first time the
A&M team has fired a match
against Arkansas.
YMCA Sponsors
Morning Social
The YMCA is sponsoring a
morning Coffee Hour for the sec
ond consecutive year. Both stu
dents and professors are invited to
meet in the North Solarium of the
“Y” Monday through Friday from
9:30 to 10:30 to discuss campus
affairs, world affairs, or anything
of mutual interest, announced C.
L. Ray, president of the YMCA
Council.
“We hope the students will get
to know their profs out of class
as well as in class and that the
professors will get to know their
students better,” said Ray.
PLAN AHEAD — GET YOUR HEAVY CLOTHES
CLEANED AND PRESSED
... be ready for the first norther!
AGGIE CLEANERS
North Gate
Graduating from high school in
Stephenville, she entered TSCW,
where she received a degree in vo
cational home economics.
At the outbreak of World War
II, Miss Tunnell joined the Wo
men’s Army Corps, where she re
ceived additional training in the
preparation of foods as a dietician
intern in an army hospital.
After two-and-a-half years of
service with the WACs, she took
a job in Washington, D. C., as
manager of the Department of
Labor’s cafeteria. Leaving Wash
ington in September, 1948, she
came to A&M as assistant food
director of the MSC. During this
past summer, she advanced to her
present position.
When asked about the progress
of the MSC’s food department,
Miss Tunnell said, “We’ve been
moving along rather fast, but we
haye had many set backs at var
ious times.”
Since the three eating places
are only open certain hours during
the day and the volume of expect
ed business cannot fully b/c deter
mined, it is hard to know what
menues to plan, Miss Tunnell ex
plained.
“Our service has been improved
considerably since the first of the
year, but we are still new and are
growing fast,” she said.
Ag Experiment Station
Receives Large Grant
A grant of $453.52 has been
offered the Tejfas Agricultural
Experiment Station by the El Paso
Valley Compress Company, Fab-
ens, to aid research on control
of the Verticillium disease of
cotton.
Dr. R. D. Lewis, directoh of the
Experiment Station, said the mon
ey would be used by the substa
tion at Ysleta.
“I wish the Aggies could see
what’s going on in these other
places. In these buildings, stu
dents are learning the true art of
living—and getting a chance to
develop their sociabilities, person
alities, and abilities to work with
other students.”
Chris F. Gent, assistant director
and business manager of the Me
morial Student Center, made this
comment following a trip through
student unions at other colleges.
Today, he believes, A&M is defi
nitely moving in that direction and
at a higher than expected speed.
Although seemingly unfriendly,
distinguished looking Gent has
been working with the MSC since
December, 1947. A member of
the Class of ’40, he has a degree
in business administration.
Gent came to A&M from Moody,
(near Temple), and after a year
of college went into the army.
He was discharged a major and
now holds the same rank in the
Air Force Medical Corps.
During the opening of the MSC,
Gent worked an average of 15
hours a day, but at that time, he
says, everyone was working hard.
Now, he believes, the Center is
beginning to stand without wob
bling and the staff functions with
a far more superior system.
His job consists of the running
of the gift shop, bowling alley,
guest rooms and food department;
he also handles the maintenance
of administrative records, and hir
ing and firing of personnel.
Gent is married and has two
children—Nancy and Chris. “The
only disadvantage,” he says, “in
being married is that my wife is a
TU graduate, her brother and his
wife, her mother and father are
also graduates of the University
which sorta’ makes things one
sided around Thanksgiving time.”
HT-Barkley Win
Seen by Sec. Tobin
New York, Oct. 29—CP)—Secre
tary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin
said last night he believed Presi
dent Truman and Vice President
Alben W. Barkley could “Sweep
America” in the next election.
He told a cheering audience of
2,000 that “in my opinion, a, ticket
made up of President Tinman and
the Vice President would again
sweep America.”
Tobin addressed a gathering of
the Jewish Labor Committee after
Barkley delivered an address.
OPS Price Clinic
Thursday in Bryan
As part of a continuing program
to keep businessmen informed
about price regulations, the Hous
ton Office of Price Stabilization
will conduct a price clinic in Bry
an Thursday.
The clinic will be held at the
Chamber 1 of Commerce from 9 a.
m. until 4 p. m.
Price specialists from the OPS
will discuss current price regu
lations and will answer questions
of businessmen about the regula
tions. Operators of consumer ser
vices organizations have been
urged to attend the meeting as
well as businessmen of the Bryan
area.
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Wednesday, October 31, 1951 " THE BATTALION Page 3 ]
Woman Says Husband
Overseas by Mistake
Seattle, Oct. 31—UP)—A Seattle
mother of four complained to the
Post-Intelligencer today that her
husband, a survivor of the infa
mous Bataan death march, had
been sent to Korea, “by mistake.”
The husband, Cpl. Eugene Stu-
rant Corder, 31, first entered the
Army in 1941 prior to Pearl Har
bor.
“My husband was held prisoner
(by the Japanese) for three years
and four months,” Mrs. Corder
said. “When he finally got back
to this country I could hardly rec
ognize him. He weighed only 80
pounds.
“He was wounded and had re-
Aggie Wives Circle
Votes Cozart Pres.
Mrs. Reha Cozart was elected
president of the Methodist Aggie
Wives Circle at the first circle
meeting of the year, held Tuesday,
7:45 p.m., in the church lounge.
Other officers elected are Mrs.
Roberta Inglis, vice president; Mrs.
Pat Hardcastle, secretary; Mrs.
Melba Harrison, treasurer; Mrs.
Ruth Samuels, chairman of the
Spiritual Life committee, and Mrs.
Ida Adair, reporter.
Mrs. Ruth Mogford, sponsor, and
Mrs. Bob Sneed were hostesses for
the group, and served coffee and
cookies in the lounge.
All Methodist Aggie wives are
cordially invited by Mrs. Mogford
and Mrs. Sneed to attend a series
of Bible lessons this semester.
Mrs. Sneed, wife of the director
of the Wesley Foundation of Col
lege Station, will conduct the
classes.
The first Bible lesson of the
series will be held in the home of
Mrs. Adair, 21-A Vet Village, Mon
day, November 12.
ceived the Purple Heart Medal be
fore being taken prisoner. When
he was discharged in 1946, he was
given 60 per cent disability.”
Because he was in the reserves,
Corder was called back into the
service last November.
He was ordered overseas last
February but was hospitalized in
stead because of his old wounds,
Mi-s. Corder said.
“I knew it would happen,” she
added. “He isn’t in condition for
Army life anymore and never will
be. He took too much while he
was in the service before.”
To Be Discharged
Mrs. Corder said that after sev
eral months hospitalization, Corder
was told he would be given a medi
cal discharge. Suddenly, she said,
he was transferred in September
from a hospital in Texas to Fort
Lawton here, and 10 days later
was on his way to Korea. She
said that according to his letters
he has already seen front line
duty.
“My husband and I have both
protested to every official possi
ble,” she said. “All we ever get
for an answer is that ‘there must
have been some mistake.’ ’
Mrs. Corder said that after her
husband left for overseas, she ap
plied for a hardship discharge.
The request was denied, she said.
SB!? Writes Representative
Finally she wrote to the surgeon
general of the Army and to Rep.
Hugh B. Mitchell (D-Wash).
Mitchell replied, she said, that he
had contacted the surgeon gener
al and asked that Corder be given
a complete physical examination to
determine fitness for military
service.
The family home is at Abilene,
Texas. Corder was hospitalized
at William Beaumont General Hos
pital at El Paso when he was
given orders to report to Fort
Lawton, Mrs. Corder said.
NCAA Okays
Cotton Bowl
Operations
The Cotton Bowl has met all
provisions of the National Colle
giate Athletic Association, and its
plan of operation for 1952 has been
approved, Howard Grubbs, secre
tary of the Cotton Bowl Athletic
Association said today. Applica
tions for tickets will be taken be
tween Nov. 1 and Nov. 4.
The NCAA set down a number
of rules governing Bowl games.
One was that representatives of
colleges must be on the governing
board. Another was that one-third
of the tickets must go to the com
peting schools.
Grubbs said the Cotton Bowl
had for years had 22 of its 28 di
rectors from • member schools of
the Southwest Conference, so jt
easily met that pi’ovision.
It has always given 30,000 tick
ets to the competing schools. The
Cotton Bowl seats 75,000. So that
provision was met.
The Cotton Bowl had been allot-
ing 85 per cent of the net receipts
to the competing schools. But to
meet the NCAA provision it had
to give 75 per cent of the gross,
which includes radio, program and
other source of revenue. So the
Cotton Bowl just changed its pro
cedure to give 75 per cent of the
gross instead of 85 per cent
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Campus Interviews on Cigarette Tests j j
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Lou have to get up early in the morning to
put one over on this cock-of-the-walk! When it
came to making “quick-trick” experiments of
cigarette mildness, he stated flatly, “That’s strictly
for clucks”! How ’ya going to keep ’em down
on the farm—when they know there’s one
convincing way to prove cigarette mildness!
It’s the sensible test... the 30-day Camel
Mildness Test, which simply asks you to try
Camels as a steady smoke—on a day after day
basis. No snap judgments. Once you’ve enjoyed
Camels for 30 days in your “T-Zone” (T for
Throat, T for Taste), you’ll see why ...
After all the Mildness Tests ...
Camel leads all other brands bybr/fions
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