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- Official Paper Of Texas A&M College And College Station Number 34: Volume 52 The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1,1951 Published by The Students Of Texas A&M For 73 Years Price Five Cents Strictly Non-Reg! “It’s all work and no play” say tailtwisters Lt. Col. Alec Currie and Bob Cain of the College Sta tion Lions Club. But don’t let them fool you, their little bits of non-sense seem to be giving them a large dose of genuine pleasure. The oc casion was the Lion’s Club Ladies Night pro gram held in the M§C Assembly Room earlier this week. The general atmosphere of the meet ing was nothing short of a. halarious commotion from beginning to' end. And their headwear— strictly non-reg! Juniors to Supervise Rifles for Bull-Ringers A new feature for men on the Saturday afternoon bull-ring will be installed this week, Colonel of the Corps Eric Carlson, said to day. M-l rifles will be used as extra burden for the men who wi}l walk off punishment tours during the sesions scheduled from. 1-4 p. m. t'he action came after a call was issued by commissioned and non commissioned officers to make the punishment tours a little stiffer for men who have heretofore minded very little about waking contin uously from one to« four hours in the square “circle.” Also as an added feature to this week’s bull-ring, the juniors who will be required to sign in every hour (men who are campused or who must do extra duty) will spend their time around the bull-ring. Their duties will be to supervise the usage of the rifles by the 491 men who must serve punishment tours this Saturday. “We are not ready to announce any other means of punishment which is to be substituted for ‘un authorized practices’ which have been abandoned this year,” Carl son said. A new means of punishing'men who violate cadet regulations has been worked out, but lacks final approval of certain officials, he said. If approved, it should go into effect Monday. This punishment is one- of the answers to the question of “What do. we use now that the board is gone,” which unit leaders voiced recently. They complained there was no quick and effective means of punishing a subordinate when necessary. Many times, they claim ed, bull ring hours didn’t come through until several weeks after the violation had occured, doing lit tle. go.od .for the man who commit ted the act. A committee of five seniors has been appointed to investigate ways .and means for the quick and effect ive punishment. Their announce ment of something tangible, that can be' used immediately, is expect ed by the first of next week, Carl son- reported. Texas CROP Invader Threatens Team, | Contributions Only One Casualty-So Far Exceed Budget It looks now as if the Texas contributions to Christian Rural Overseas of farm com modities will go beyond the proposed budget, according to Dr. Daniel Russell, head of the Sociology Department and state chairman of the benevolent organ ization known as CROP. “The proposed Texas Friendship Food and Fiber ship to sail from Houston at Thanksgiving or short ly thereafter to Korea and the Orient is assured,” Dr. Russell said, “and both small and large gifts are coming in to swell the Texas total.” Although the drive has lagged in some places, especially in Cen tral and South Texas drought areas, it has gone beyond the quota in other regions, Dr. Russell re ported. Carson County accepted a quota of one carload of grain and it looks as if the drive will bring in three or four carloads. The Pan handle area is working on a quota of 32 carloads of grain. The Lub bock area has accepted a quota of 300 bales of cotton. Rice grow ers in the Houston area have ac cepted a quota of 14 carloads of rice. The Catholic rural church at Tours, Texas, had a harvest fes tival from which they raised $182.40, showing how rural church es are bringing in smaller gifts in the drive. The program is a voluntary, co operative program of all church groups in the state. Competition from other schools on the playing field is not the only enemy of college athletics, at least not at A&M. In fact, almost everything unites to hinder the sincere ath lete. There are profs who fail to understand, and there is also a hidden enemy which lurks unseen in the air they breathe, in the water they drink, and in the food they con sume. This particular enemy strikes without warning and of ten brings havoc to the team’s chances. He probably has a scientific name, but to the layman, his name is germ. Hart Hall was invaded this week. The type of germ— they come in all sizes and races—was the mumps. Freshman football player Marvin Tate has contracted the disease and reportedly exposed the whole football team. Fortunately, those who have previously contracted the disease are immune to its effects. But lo unto the uninitiated. No other cases have been detected, but the fight is on. “Beware of the Mumps,” has become the pass word in Hart Hall. Chilling Winds Blow In Rain On Hallowe’en Chilling winds, a sudden thund erstorm, and lower temperatures reigned over College Station last night as old man weather had a trick or two of his own to play on Hallowe’en. And with the first day of No vember, he pushed the theromome- ter down to 45 degrees and showed the Brazos area folks that he could do something besides blister them with 100 degree plus heat, as was the case for 25 consecu- Uncle Sam Greets November With Added Taxes in Force Washington, Nov. 1—(A 1 )—This is the day you start contributing your share of the new $5,691,000,- 000 in annual revenue to Uncle Sam. That averages out to $38 for each person but not everybody, of course, will owe that amount. You’ll notice the tax increase in your next salary check and prob ably in a lot of things you buy— a pack of cigarettes, an automobile, a tankful of gasoline, a bottle of Draft Test Deadline Nears for Students Brig. Gen. Paul L. Wakefield, state director of Selective Service, reminded college students that the deadline for filing application blanks for the new series of Selec tive Service college qualification tests is approaching. He stressed the importance of all eligible stu dents taking the test if they intend to apply for deferment as students. The test dates in the second ser ies are Dec. 13, 1951, and April 24, 1952. The tests are conducted by the Educational Testing Ser vice, Princeton, N. J. Blanks may be obtained by the registrant in any local board office. Urged to Apply General Wakefield said students whose academic year will end in January 1952 are urged to apply for the Dec. 13 test so they will have scores in their files when the local boards consider their cases in January. The state director indicated that those who do not have test score results in their cover sheets may have “a verry difficult time in deed” in convincing local boards that they should be deferred as students. “A total of 339,000 students took the first series of tests given last spring and summer, General Wake field said and 63 per cent received scores of 70 or better. Application blanks' for the Dec. 13 test must be postmarked not later than midnight, Monday, Nov. 5, 1951. Applications for the April 24, 1952, test must be postmarked not later than midnight, March 10, 1952. Score or Rank Counts The criteria for deferment as a student is either a satisfactory score (70) on the Selective Ser vice college qualification test or satisfactory rank in class (upper half of the freshman class, upper two-thirds pf the sophomore class, upper three-fourths of the junior class). Seniors accepted for admission to a graduate school satisfy the criteria if they stand in the upper half of their class, or make a score of 75 or better on the test. Stu dents already enrolled in graduate schools may be deferred so long as they remain in good standing. The standards may be raised or lowered as necessity demands. And it is not mandatory for the local boards to follow the criteria. liquor, a roll of film, or a fountain pen, for instance. You may even feel it when you put down two bucks on a nag run ning at Pimblico or Jamaica with your favorite bookie—if he still is doing business at the same old stand. Not All Sour Not quite all the tax law chang es are on the sour side, though. The 3 Us per cent excise comes off your electricity bills. You now dan buy baby lotion, a house trail er, a heating pad and a ticket to a high school football game or a symphony concert — all without paying any federal tax. Prices on those tickets may not come down, though—the high schools and or- erhestras may keep the difference. All of these changes were in the big bill passed Oct. 19 by Congress to provide more money for the nation’s huge mobilization effort. President Truman promptly signed the measure, although he had ask ed for new revenue of almost twice as much—$10,009,000,000. Today is the effective date for the new law with the exception of corporation tax increases, retroac tive to last April 1. Income Tax Boost Most persons are going to be rapped for an income tax boost of about 11% per cent over what thby have been paying. Those in the very high brackets get somewhat lighter treatment; they must pay an increase amounting to nine per cent of their taxable income left after paying the old tax. This section of the bill will add about $2,280,000,000 a year to the nation’s tax bill—the biggest sing le new slice of revenue. A married man with $5,000 net income and no children will pay $843.60 annual tax; formerly it was $760. A married man with $100,000 net income and two children will pay $56,032- annual tax; under the old law it was $51,912. The next biggest revenue pro ducer will be the increase in cor poration and excess profits taxes. These will raise an estimated $2,- 207,000,00 of extra money annual ly. The basic rate on corporations earning more than $25,000 a year is hiked to 52 per cent from the present 47. But you probably will run into the tax changes most often in the long list of increases in the excise taxes. There are a few decreases and eliminations, too. Not all of these excise tax chang es will be passed along to the con sumer but most of them likely will be and in some cases the price hike will be more than the new tax. Regimental Ball Sweetheart Pictures Due In Monday Members of the Band, Composite Regiment, and Seventh - Regiment must turn in pictures of Sweet heart candidates- for their formal ball by Monday at the latest. Pictures can be turned in to June Clark, 301-10, Bruce Miller, 301-12, or Grover Ellisor, 417-11. The Band, Composite Regiment, and Seventh Regiment Ball will be Friday night, Nov. 9 at 9 p. m. in Sbisa Hall. The Aggieland Or chestra will play. The dance will start right after the commission ing exercises. Six finalists will be selected from the pictures by the dance com mittee, Don Young and Victor Rus- sek, chairmen. The Battalion will print pictures of the finalists. The Sweetheart will be chosen at the danCe by a committee of spec ially selected judges. tive days during last July and August. First Real Norther The first real norther of the fall, as it was officially dubbed, the cold front will continue for the next 24 hours before a warm-- up is. due. At least that’s what the CAA weatherman says at East- erwood Airport. Winds blowing from a north by north-westerly direction last night moved in at a 10 to 20 mile-per- hour pace, leaving little doubt that autumnal weather was at last hei’e -—even in Texas. On the weather agenda for Col lege Station today was more rain, with low-hanging clouds scheduled to keep the atmosphere rather sullen and sultry all day. The tem perature: to remain cool. From Canadian Border The cold frtfnt moved in from along the Canadian border, the weatherman reported, and is caus ing snow to fall in Kansas and some parts of Oklahoma now. A freezing drizzle was registered at Dalhart last night and the possibil- ifv of snow was reported in Ama rillo. The barbed wire fence between the Panhandle and the North Pole trembled today, said the Associated Press, as a. rain-bearing cold front whipped over the state. By Wednesday night the- front had moved south of San Antonio and just north of Houston. Cloudy skies and colder weather were expected to cover the entire state today. Scattered Showers Scattered showers fell in North and West Texas and the Panhandle Wednesday. Texarkana had 1.17 inches of rain; Lubbock had .78 of an inch; Waco and Dallas .38; Amarillo .20; Abilene .19; Fort, Worth and Luf- kin.21; Wichita Falls .56; and Tyler .07. The highest temperature Wed nesday was 93 at Cotulla. It was 87 at San Antonio, 85 at Del Rio, 87 at Corpus Christi and 88 at Hous ton. The coolest maximum tempera ture was 35 at Dalhart. Amarillo had a high afternoon reading of 36 degrees; Childress 39; Wichita Falls 46; Fort Worth and Dallas 54; and Lubbock 45. Domestic Casualty The cold weather resulted in a domestic casualty in Foi’t Worth Wednesday morning. A shivering housewife told a hospital attendant that when she asked her husband to get out of bed and light the stove he snarled and started beating her. She was treated for braises and a broken hand. I Additional Corps Officers Announced A supplementary list of cadet of ficers and noivcommiss-ioned offi cers in the cadet corps was an nounced yesterday by. Lt. Col. M. P. Bowden, assistant commandant. With the approval of the President of - the College and the Dean of Men, the following appointments were made: • Headquarters Consolidated Band —First Lt. Vernon R. Berry is re lieved as second-in-command, Ma roon Band and assigned Intelli gence Officer with rank of Cap tain. Drum and Bugle Corps: J. L. Koontz, T/Sgt.; Dean S. Ken nedy, T/Sgt.; Cpls. D. C. Quast, W. T. Barron, R. C. Bledsoe, T. R. Steele, and E. B. Gross. Maroon Band—1st Lt. C. R. Frederickson, pit. Idr.; S/Sgt. F. O. Placke, pit. gd. Headquarters Senior Battalion— Capt. E. E. Curry, adj. A Seniors—1st Lts. G. E. Rich ardson, fit. Idr.; R. Lilley, fit. Idr.; D. L. Plefferkorn, ath. off.; C. W. Penn, sch. off.; J. E. Goforth, oper. off.; J. C. Thomaas, troop inf. off. B Seniors—1st Lts. J. B. Vittrup, second-in-command; R. E. Martin, pit. Idr.; C. B. Avera, Jr., sch. off.; and J. C. England, troop inf. off. C Seniors—1st Lts. P. H. Hum phrey, pit. Idr.; J. C. Mitcham ath. off. D Seniors—1st Lts. G. E. Wal lace, second-in-command; M. H. Bell, ath. off.; C. D. Adams, adm. off. E Seniors—1st Lts. D. S. Burns, second-in-command; R. R. York, pit. Idr.; G. R. Armstrong, ath. off.; B. L. Chambers, adm. off.■ Headquarters, Infantry Regi ment, Maj. D. B. Wolf, intelg.. off. A Infantry—1st Lt. V. E. Chand ler is relieved as pit. Idr. and as signed sch. off; S/Sgt. T. Cough- ran, sch. sgt.; Cpls. V. R. Kennedy, Jr., F. H. Mitchell, J. W. Las- koskie, H. L. Duennenbarg, -E. K. Gruene, L. L. Zaeske, ass’t. sqd. Ids:; E. V. Smith, guidon bearer; W. C. Torgett, III, ass’t guidon bearer. B Infantry—T/Sgt. V. E. Ca- denca; S/Sgts. C. A. Granton, supl sgt.; W. R. Stevens, sqd Idr.; J. R. Hildebrand, sqd. Idr.; J. W. Thrasher, Jr., sqd. Idr.; Cpls B. R. Sewell, M. L. Longhofer, J. R. Butter, ass’t. sqd. Idrs.; D. L. Allen, guidon bearer. Youthful Orange-Throwers Beat Up TU Football Star Austin, Tex., Nov. 1—(/P)—Texas halfback Gib Dawson took a beating from five teen-agers Tuesday night but was not hurt seriously enough to keep him out of football prac tice yesterday. Scoring ace of the Southwest Conference, Dawson said he hoped the four stitches required to close a split lip would not keep him out of action against SMU in Dallas Saturday. Longhorn Coach Ed Price said Dawson would wear a face guard to protect his lip. Dawson told police he pursued a hot-rod car Tuesday night after one of its five riders tossed an orange against his windshield. The hotrod stopped, and as he approached, one of the youths hit him in the mouth with a rock, Dawson said. The 21-year-old, 170-pound Dawson told his date, Jane Bradner of Galveston, to call the police. She ran to a nearby house, but before help arrived, the five youths worked him over and fled, Dawson said. “I was just going to chew them out for throwing that orange. I didn’t know they were going to start all that trouble,” Dawson said. C Infantry—S/Sgt. R. D. Wells is relieved as sqd. Idr. and assigned pit. sgt. with rank of T/Sgt. S/Sgts. F. R. Willis, trans. sgt.; N. R. Parish, sqd. Idr.; E. M. Nau- ert, sqd. Idr.; J. L. Price, sqd. Idr. E Infantry—1st Sgt. P. J. Ham- man, first sgt.; T/Sgt. W. E. Love, pit. sgt.; S/Sgt.s W. L. Minturn, sqd. idr.; J. W. Patton, sqd. Idr.; R. L. Lyons, sqd. Idr.; B. J. Flowe, sqd. Idr.; H. D. Brown, sqd. 5Idr.; M. W. Geisendorff, sqd. Idr. • Headquarters Artillery Regiment —Maj. W. H. Beazley is relieved as exec, off., Headquarters Second Battalion, Artillery Regiment and assigned intig. off. T/Sgt. T. A. Howard, trans. sgt.; S/Sgt. S. W. McCIaren, clr, sgt.; R. C. Weisinger, clr. sgt.; Cpl. J. J. Top, clr. guard. A Field Artillery—S/Sgt. B. A. Hood, sch. sgt.; G. K. Shearer, traps, sgt, Cpls. R. A. Blackwell; J. D. Dowell, T. B. Field, J. C. Nail, ass’t. sqd. Idrs. B Field Artillery—1st Lt. L. P. Pittard, supl. off.; S/Sgt. R. I. Bradlev, trans. sgt. C Field Artillery—S/Sgt. R. H. Terk is relieved as sqd. Idr, B Coast Artillery and assigned sch. sgt. S/Sgt. J. J. Seligman is re lieved as comm. sgt. and assigned supl. sgt. 1st. Lt. J. S. Noel, supl. off.; T/Sgts B. R. Meyers, pit. sgt.; W. L. Cole, pit. sgt.; S/Sgt. C. M. Hickerson, ath. sgt. D Field Artillery—S/Sgts. W. P. Kerr, comm, sgt.; W. L. Todd, trans. sgt.; J. P. Collins, sqd. Idr.; Cpl. C. W. Fancis, ass’t sqd. Idr. E Field Artillery—1st Lt. J. D. Stein is relieved as pit. Idr. and assigned second-in-command; 1st Sgt. J. E. Hall, first sgt.; S/Sgts. W. H. Scott, supl. sgt; H. J. Al len, comm, sgt.; E. T. Fuller, pit. gd.; A. M. Heath, pit gd.; A. R. Hooten, sqd. idr.; B. S. Sewell, sqd. Idr.; Cpls L. Draper, J. T. Dunkin, L. R. Hahnfeld, ass’t sqd. Idr.; J. B. Tyree, guidon bearer. A Coast Artillery—T/Sgts. R. T t Childress, pit. sgt; W. E. Walker, pit. sgt; S/Sgts. E. C. Zieschang, ath. sgt; R. T. McLelland, comm, sgt; C. T. Williams, pit. gd.; J. S. Blackwell, sqd. Idr.; B. A. Wil banks, sqd. Idr.; S. R. Clark, sqd. Idr.; Cpls. J. C. Farrell, L. S. Brown, E. R. Keeling, D. H. Cope land, R. J. Drozd, ass’t. sqd. Idr. B Coast Artillery—T/Sgt. F. A. Cox, pit. agt; S/Sgts. R. S. Walk er, ath. sgt.; W. D. Edens, comm, sgt.; R. W. Brimberry, sqd. Idr.; J. D. Baraard, sqd. Idr.; W. L. Reynolds, sqd. Idr. Headquarters, Armor Battalion —1st Lt. James Lehmann is re lieved as sch. off., C Amor and assigned inf. off. with rank of capt. A Armor—S/Sgts. J. D. Young, spl. sgt.; J. M. Reeves, sqd. Idr.; E. L. Goetz, sqd. Idr.; J. F. Fritz, sqd ldi\; J. G. Willingham, sqd. Idr. B Armor—S/Sgts. C. B. Lucas, ath. sgt; H. L. Harvard, comm, sgt.; K. B. Holmes, trans. sgt.; Cpl. J. R. Sears, ass’t sqd. Idr. C Armor—Cpls. F. C. Luther, E. T. Skidmore, C. B. Sterzing, ass’t. sqd. Idrs.; R. D. Cole, guidon bearer. Headquarters, Engineer Battal ion, Armor-Engineer Regiment, T/Sgt. D. C. Blackwell is relieved as pit. sgt. and assigned supl. sgt. A Engineers—1st. Lt. J. O. Pat ton, ath. off.; T/Sgts C. G. Phil lips, pit. sgt; D. R. Roberts, pit. sgt; S/Sgt.s C. R. Morrison, ath. sgt; H. C. Hale, sqd. Idr. B Engineers—S/Sgt. L. W. Pat rick, ath. sgt. Headquarters, Second Group, First Air Force Wing—1st Lt. J. V. Davidson is relieved as sch. off. F Sqdr. and assigned intlg. off. with rank of Capt. 1st Lt. L. T. Solomon is relieved as fit. Idr. D Sqdr. and assigned supl. off. with rank of Capt. Headquarters, Second Air Force Wing—1st Lt. I. C. Trauth is re lieved as fit. Idr. H Sqdr. and as- A&M Quarterbacks to Hear Abb Curtis Talk Tonight Abb Curtis, assistant executive secretary of the South west Conference, will address the Battalion Quarterback Club tonight. Curtis, formerly a SWC football official, will tell the group some interesting anecdotes concerning his exper iences as an official. Taylor Wilkins, veterans adviser, will give the quarter backs some pointers on football play and will comment on the A&M-Baylor films as they are unreeled. Time of the Thursday QB meet is 7:45 p. m. in the As sembly Hall. Paul Cardeihac, winner of last week’s QB contest, will receive two tickets to the A&M-Arkansas game to be played Nov. 3, at Fayetteville, Arkansas. Ray Krause, second place winner in the contest, will be presented two cartons of cig arettes, donated by the campus Chesterfield representative. Sponsors of the QB Club include the following merchants in Bryan and College Station: Kelley’s Coffee Shop; Lack’s Associate Store; Cade Motor Co.; Parker-Astin Hardware Co.; The A&M Grill; J. C. Penny Co.; Central Texas Hard- ward Co.; American Laundry Dry Cleaners; Sanitary Farm Dairies; and Tom McCall’s Phillips’ 66 Service Station. signed supl. off. with rank of Maj, Cpl. R. F. Downey, clr. gd. I) Squadron—S/Sgts. G. W. Day, elm. Idr.; J. C. Walden, elm. Idr. Headquarters, Third Group, Sec ond Air Force Wing—T/Sgts. C. D. Patton, sgt. niaj.; F. H. Kohu- tek, supl. sgt. G Squadron—S/Sgts. L. G. Ren- ken, sch. sgt.; J. J. Chapman, ath. sgt.; H. C. Allison, supl. sgt.; L. E. Minns, elm Idr.; Cpls. H. N. Lackshin, P. M. Orr, W. G. Sex ton, A. A. Tomchesson, ass’t elm. Idrs.; E. E. Kilgore, guidon bearer. H Squadron—1st. Lt. C. W. Keese is relieved as sch. off. and assigned second-in-command; T/Sgt. J. R. Kennedy, fit. sgt.; S/Sgts. R. C. Faulkner, comm, sgt.; J. F.' Huppertz, fit. gd.; W. A. Showers, elm. Idr.; R. B. Gibbs, elm. Idr.; J. B. Kyser, elm. Idr. Headquarters, Fourth Group, Second Air Force Wing—T/Sgts. H. J. Martin, sgt. maj.; D. W. Benson, supl. sgt. K Squadron—T/Sgt. R. L. Driv er fit. sgt.; S/Sgts. J. M. Stewart, sch, sgt.; O. A. Darilek, Jr., ath. sgt.; E. M. Holder, comm sgt.; G. S. Fox., Jr., elm. Idr.; J. E. Bloom er, elm Idr.; Cpls. T. O. Miessler, S. Jahn, D. F. Golla, C. W. Boyd, ass’t. elm. Idrs.; M. R. Williams, guidon bearer. M Squadron—1st. Lt. J. N. Car penter, Jr. is transferred from L Sqdr. as fit. Idr.; S/Sgt. C. A. Mahler is relieved as elm. Idr., E Squadron and assigned fit. sgt. with rank of T/Sgt.; S/Sgt. R. E. (See PROMOTIONS LIST, page 2)