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COLLEGE STATION (Aggielaiid', TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1952
Price Five Ceuta
i&MTangles With
n allest S WC Team
Lday night the A&M bas-
\ team will lay their chan-
repeat for the championship
in the laps of the tallest
Vll team in the rugged
pville, Ark., will be the
the Cadets first confer-
of the 1952 season. It
basketball team in 1951
tid the ball rolling on
f \ d to be a “banner” year
l l ^gie athletes.
■ S .4 ■< .
Tough Competition
year the Cadet'five is up
against one of the strongest com
bination of cage quintets in the
history of the conference. TCU has
Poland Barters
For Iranian Oil
Tehran, Iran, Jan. 3—(IP)—
Poland put out a feeler yester
day to see if she could strike
up a brater for Iranian oil.
The tentative bid reportedly
involves a half-million tons -of
^ fuel.
Polish minister to Iran Kazi-
niifez Smiganowski called on Pre
mier Mohammed Mossadegh to dis-
i cuss a deal whereby Poland would
give Iran manufactured and pro
cessed goods in exchange for Ira-
nion oil. It was not explained how
the oil would be transported from
Iran to Poland.'
Poland is the second Communist
land to approach Iran for Oil.
Czechoslovakia is sending a dele
gation here to talk over such a
deal.
Britain has warned she would
Fonsider any Iranian oil sales il
legal until the settlement of her
lispute with Iran over nationaliza
tion of the British-owned Anglo-
Iranian Oil Company.
Western nations, which control
the world’s oil tankers, have boy
cotted Iranian oil.
already been labeled the “Cinder
ella team” with everyone from last
years team back for another sea
son.
Texas has displayed a strong
offense and Rice has been tabbed
as a strong “darkhorse.” South
ern Methodist has been balanced
between the hot and cold level
most of the time.
Arkansas, the Aggies' first op
ponent, so far have only broken
even in non-conference play. They
recently lost Billy (Toar) Hester,
one of the leading scorers.
All Over 6-Foot
Every player on the Hog squad
stretches past the 6-foot mark. .
A&M and Arkansas first met in
the Cotton Bowl tournament .in
Dallas during the Christmas holi
days with the Cadets coming, out
on top 49-46.
With just a three-point margin-
separating the first two clubs in
the initial counter, the coming
conference battle can not be much
closer but one can expect both
coaches to throw every thing pos
sible on the court for this first
important win.
Davis-Hester Battle
In their first meeting Arkansas’
giant center, Hester, was held to
14 points while his opponent cen
ter on the Aggie five, Buddy
Davis, was having a free night
chalking up 22 points to his credit.
Jewell McDowell will again be
the Aggie floor leader, a job he
has excelled in all year. The All-
SWC guard turned in a great per
formance in the pre-season Cotton
Bowl tourney that enabled the Ca
dets to make it to the finals be
fore losing out to TCU.
Don Binford, Woody Walker and
LeRoy Miksch will probably round
out the starting five for the Ag
gies.
On their return trip home the
A&M quintet will go by way' of
Oklahoma City to clash with Ok
lahoma City University, one of the
strongest basketball' powers in the
country. . . .
Fly ers Ransom
Denounced By
Senate Leader
Washington, Jan. 3—(iP)—
Senator Russell (D-Ga) today
denounced the payment of
$120,000 to Hungary for the
release of four captured U.S.
fliers and said he was certain “the
whole thing was directed right out
of the Kremlin” in Moscow.
Russell told newsmen “it sets a
bad precedent” and “puts us in
a .bad light before the world” to
“yield to a blackjack in the hands
of a cheap little satellite crook.”
Russell, who heads the Senate
Armed Services Committee, said
this group might look into the
“ransoming” of the fliers at a ses
sion with'the nation’s top military
leaders next week.
The four airmen were freed last
Friday after American officials
paid $50,000 in fines for each man.
They were convicted on charges of
violating Hungary’s border after
getting lost and landing in that
Country On NoV. 19. U.S. officers
said the four were on a routine
flight in a cargo plane and were
blown off course.
Russell said now that the prece
dent has been set, “there is no tell
ing where this will stop.”
He said the U.S. should have let
the men serve three month jail
terms, in lieu of the fines, and then
given the $120,000 to them.
. . . Let Men Serve
The Georgian said that permit
ting the men to serve their jail
sentences “may seem cruel to the
individuals themselves” but “there
are occasions which arise when men
are called upon to make unusual
sacrifices for their country.”
'Russell said the first 1952 ses
sions of his committee, tentatively
set for next week, would include a
briefing on progress of the Korean
truce' negotiations and any other
military matters that have arisen
sihee' Co'ngfesS qftit last October.
Defense Secretary Robert A.
Lovett and members of the joint
chiefs of staff will be asked to at
tend,'he said.
Rare Animals
Arkansas Wins Sports
Trophy With 103 Votes
Vernon Daniel, Santa Fe railroad engineer, had unusual luck in
bagging three pure albino squirrels on a hunting trip in the Big
Thicket near Silsbee. Daniel is on left holding two of the rare
squirrels. Game Warden H. W. Collins is at right.
Strength Tied With Morality
Scout Goal For Three Years
Communists Table
UN Exchange Plan
To make youth, the Boy Scout
movement, and the United States
physically strong, mentally awake,
and morally straight is the goal of
a three year program by the Boy
Scouts of America.
Plans for accomplishing the goal
in the Brazos District were out
lined by C. N. Hielscher, district
chairman for 1952, last night at
the annual district meeting in Dun-
van Hall.
Hielscher said:
“In order to do our part in the
p --am, Brazos District commit- 1
l Vii plan to organize additional
pSres, troops, and explorer units
to serve the increased proportion
of boy population.
"All leaders will have an oppor
tunity to take basic training cour
ses such as a Cubbing course for
den mothers, cubmasters, and pack
committeemen; and Scouting cour
ses for scoutmasters and troop
committeemen.
Promote Camping Program
“The District committee plans
to promote a fuller, more vital,
. and adventurous program of camp
ing and activities emphasizing
those skills related to prepared
ness, physical fitness, and aquatics.
“The District Advancement Com.
mittee will give supervision to the
advancement processes in Cubbing
and Scouting, and provide an ade
quate group of Merit Badge Coun-
ccllors.
“Plans are to recruit and train
a larger and more effective staff
of Neighborhood Commissioners in
order to give every unit in the
District whatever help they need
and want.
“Finally; the District Committee
and the Sam Houston Area Coun
cil plan to provide adequate fi
nances to maintain a trained pro
fessional staff, efficient office, and
camping and training facilities and
equipment.”
Committeemen Installed
The Brazos District Committee
men were installed by J. P. Hamb
len, Sam Houston Area Council
president. Committeemen are as
follows:
Jack Linn, field scout executive;
Hielscher, chairman of the dis
trict committee; D. D. Burchard,
vice chairman of the district* cofm-
mittee; and R. H. Fletcher, dis
trict commissioner. > . . ,
Broken down into committees
the remainder are as follows:
Organization Committee: Jack
Covan, chairman.
Extension Committee: E. R.
Bryant,'chairman; and H. R. Grim.
Leadership Training Committee:
Dan Russell, chairman; Earl Hil-
derbrandt, George Roth, Leon San
ders, and J. Wheeler Barger.
Advancement Committee: L. S.
Paine, chairman; and Rowland
Dansby.
Camping Committee: D. C. Jones
Jr., chairman; M. E. Adams, and
Omar Smith.
Activities Committee: John G,
McNeely, chairman; M. C. Hughes,
R. R. Wilcox, J. C. Goldsmith Jr.,
J. E. Bethencourt, and Guy H.
Deaton.
Health and Safety Committee:
Joe Sorrels, chairman; Dr. Joseph
Cox,* Dr. L. E. Stuart, Dr. J. W.
Geppert, and John Hill.
Finance Committee: H. W. Bar-
low, chairman; M. L. Jones, C. J.
Neiderauer, -and J. M. Daniel.
Public Relations Committee: D.
D.- Burchard, Louis Newman, and
W. T. Howard.
• Gommissiohers Staff: B. C. Al
len, • E? P. Bennett, Fred Bensen,
Bob Cherry, R. N. Schlicker, Je
rome Zubik, Rudy Williams, and
Louis Newman.
Silver Taps
Silver taps will be played
Friday at 10:30 p.m. for
James Terry Wells, 23, kill
ed in an automobile wreck
near Brown wood, Dec. 19,
1951.
Silver Taps is an old and
honored tradition when Aggies
pay homage to classmates who
have died.
It is generally held the day
of the announcement of the
man’s death.
At 10:30 p.m., the student
body assembles in front of the
Academic Building.
People attending the service
are asked to maintain a rever-
ant silence.
Lights in all campus buildings
are requested to be turned out.
Lights left burning during the
service are considered insults
to the service.
Drivers on the campus during
the ceremony should not drive
down Military Walk during the
playing of the Silver Taps.
Silver Taps is in effect a
funeral service; students, staff
and visitors are asked to regard
and honor it as such.
The Battalion
Frogs Roll To
Victory Over
Ponies, 58 - 43
Texas Christian got off to
a flying start last night in
its quest for the Southwest
Conference basketball crown,
beating Southern Methodist
easily, 58-43.
Six conference teams will be in
action this weekend in four games,
three of them will count toward
the championship.
Baylor warms up against South
west Texas State at Waco Friday
night before launching conference
play next week.
Saturday night, A&M tangles
with Arkansas at Fayettevalle;
Rice meets Southern Methodist at
Dallas, and Texas Christian en
tertains Texas at Fort Worth.
The Christians’ center, George
McLeod, tallied 22 points last night
while his teammates rolled to vic
tory over SMU. The Horned Frogs
ran up a 38-18 halftime lead and
then coasted during the last 20
minutes.
Wednesday Night’s Basketball
St. Louis University 64, Univer
sity of Houston 57.
Lon Morris 81, Garden City
(Kans.) JC 75.
Harden Simmons 67, Texas
Wesleyan 52.
Taylor U. (Ind.) 67, McMurry
(Tex.) 59.
By DON HIJTH
Munsan, Korea, Jan. 3 — t# 5 ) —
The Communists today turned
down an Allied plan for exchanging
war prisoners and civilians as “no
more than a barter of slaves.”
But a U. N. negotiator said he
“rejected the categorical rejection
of the Reds.”
North Korean Maj. Gen. Lee
Sang. Cho said he wanted no part
of the Allied plan because it was
“simply and solely on a one-for-one
exchange.” The Reds want an all-
for-alf trade.
Rear Adm. R. E. Libby said that
was the end result of the Allied
plan.
We refused to accept the Red
rejection because they “either mis
understood our proposal or they
are deliberately misinterpreting it
in : order to deliberately obscure
the issues.”
Libby indicated Lee might be
waiting for new instructions.
Control Exchange Rate
He reiterated that the U.N. plans
to return every prisoner of war
who wants to be repatriated. He
said the one-for-one exchange call
ed for in the first two points of
the Allied plan would control mere
ly the rate of exchange—not the
number of War prisoners and civil
ians ultimately traded.
Another subcommittee, dealing
with truce supervision, remained
deadlocked Thursday over Com
munist insistence on the right to
build and repair military airfields
during an armistice.
Both subcommittees will return
to Panmunjom at 11 a.m. Friday
(9 p.m. EST Thursday).
Under the Allies’ plan offered
Wednesday, prisoners of war
would be exchanged on a man-for-
man basis until all prisoners held
by one side are turned back. Then
the side still holding prisoners
would trade them for civilians.
When all prisoners were traded
there would be a mass exchange
of remaining civilians.
However, the Allies specified no
one would be handed over against
his will. The Red Cross would in
terview each one to make sure he
wanted to be repatriated.
While the Allies hold far more
prisoners than the Reds, Libby said
thousands of South Koreans serv
ing in the Communist armies
should be reclassified as war pris
oners and exchanged.
Lee said Thursday no South Ko
reans have been impressed by the
North Koreans. He said South
Koreans in the Red army are “re
awakened Korean patriots.”
Calls It Slave Barter
Lee spent an hour and 40 min
utes blasting the Allied plan. He
called it “no more than a barter
of slaves” and “an attempt to
detain an overwhelming proportion
of the prisoners of war” in Allied
hands.
Chinese Col. Tsai Chang Wen
said the Reds insist all prisoners
of war be released and displaced
persons be assisted back to their
homes. He said the U.N. was “not
going to be able to capture any
body at the conference table.”
Earlier Thursday Red China’s
Peiping radio called the plan a
“brutal and shameless” proposi
tion.
The broadcast said the Allies
first agreed to an all-for-all ex
change but then “refused to re
patriate all prisoners of war and,
in substance, proposed an exchange
on a one-for-one basis.”
The U.N. has scaled down the
number of prisoners it holds from
132,474 to 116,200—20,700 Chinese
and 95,500 North Koreans. About
16,000 Koreans are in the process
of being reclassified as South Ko
rean civilians.
Parking Hours
At North Gate
To Be Limited
A new city ordinance af
fects parking hours on both
sides of Sulphur Springs Road
and Main Street will be en
forced beginning at 8 a.m.,
Jan. 7, Raymond Rogers, College
Station city manager, announced
today.
The ordinance limits parking
hours on the campus side of Sul
phur Springs Road to six hours,
excluding the area between the
bank and the traffic signal. On
the South side, parking will be
limited to one hour within the area
reaching from Stasney Street to
the B & B Grill.
The remainder of the south-side
area will be under the six hour
parking limit.
The entire area that is under
parking restrictions on Sulphur
Springs Road reached from old
Highway 6 to the traffic circle.
On Main Street both sides of
the road from the Sulphur Springs
Road to Church Street are under
a one hour parking limit.
The hours that the ordinance
will be enforced are from eight
to five each day except Sundays
and holidays. New signs stating the
parking hours were placed along
the routes over the holiday period.
The hour limit signs are sten
ciled on the curbs. The six hour
limit signs are posted about five
yards apart and are visible to
the motorists from any parking
position along the routes, Rogers
said.
Milkman Kills
Daughter, Self
Note Indicates
Spook Lifts Objects In Air
Kid Calls It Kinetic Energy
Louisville, Ky., Jan. 3 — 'A?) —
Sh-h-h-h!
The Henry Thacker family is
waiting for .its spook to perform
again.
He already has sent a two-pound
photograph album swirling through
the air; floated a corn cob from
the basement up to a ground-floor
dining room, and sailed a ring box
from one room to another.
These and other antics which
began Sunday have attracted cu
rious neighbors, one of whom said
she had a painful encounter with
the mystery.
File Strikes
Mrs. Robert Covington said she
was standing near a dresser when
a fingernail file struck her back
with such force she felt a stinging
sensation for several minutes.
A skeptical county patrolman,
Russell McDaniel, waited six hours
yesterday for the galloping ghost
to appear. He didn’t but—McDan
iel said a cardboard box almost hit
him. The box came from the
dresser, hit the ceiling, then flew
toward the officer.
His doubts somewhat shaken,
McDaniel said he won’t even con
sider the possibility of any super
human power involved until he
sees the flying objects leave their
resting places.
So far, the only one reported to
have seen an object actually take
off is Walter Brown, 16-year-old
student living with the Thackers.
He said he watched Mr. Thacker’s
spectacles rise from a table unaided
and jump about three feet into a
chair.
Advances Theory
After discussing it with his
science class, the youngster ad
vanced this theory—kinetic ener
gy-
The Thackers have lived in the
23-year-old home more than a
year. They feel there must be
a reasonable explanation for all
these goings-on. But what?
A reporter waited five hours
in the .house yesterday to see the
spook in action. He didn’t.
“I’m glad it’s stopped,” Mrs.
Thacker told him, “but I’d like to
see something hit you in the head
just so you’ll believe us.”
Van Nuys, Calif., Jan. 3—
GT) — Police today recorded
the deaths of a milkman and
his seven-year-old daughter in
a plane crash here last Mon
day as murder and suicide.
Dets. W. L. Stapp and C. L.
Nelson said a note found in the
automobile of the father, Jay Wil
liam Campbell, 31, and addressed
to his wife, Mary,* indicates he
planned the death of their daugh
ter, Judy, and himself.
Mrs. Campbell’s father, Ralph C.
Schutze of La Crescenta, told news
men: “Mary had been contemplat
ing going to Nevada for a divorce
about two weeks ago.” He said
the couple apparently had patched
up their differences and planned
to sell their home and start anew
in a new neighborhood.
Campbell’s note to his wife di
rected her to reimburse the owner
of the plane he rented before he
buzzed his house and, while she
watched, dived it to destruction
in a schoolyard nearby.
“It seems that the price one has
to pay for happiness isn’t so easy
to pay,” Campbell’s note read. “I
have lost everything that you may
start anew. You have also lost
me and every part of me today,
including Judy. Keep telling your
self that everyone gets over every
thing. It may help you, but I
doubt it. I have always loved you
even if you haven’t loved me.
Don’t ever live a lie again. Your
Jay and Judy.”
The note referred to another
man by his first name and asked:
“Can you ever tell yourself that
he was worth it all?”
Mort Kamm, the plane’s owner,
discovered the note yesterday when
he moved Campbell’s automobile
into a hangar. Mrs. Campbell, still
unaware of the note, was making
funeral arrangements for her hus
band and daughter.
Police also found a note in
Campbell’s wallet. Written by his
wife on the back of an advertise
ment, it read: “I gave you a rea
son to doubt my love for you and
now I have to do something to
chase away the doubt. I couldn’t
live without you at my side where
you belong. I’ll always want to
be yours and please, dear, be as
you are and don’t change. I really
love you. Your Mary.”
Group Picks A&M Second
Six Votes Short Of First
The University of Arkansas, the most distant member
of the Southwest Conference, was named winner of the 1951
SWC Sportsmanship trophy. In the final tally of votes, the
Razorbacks came in with 103 votes.
A&M was second with 97 votes and Texas University
was third.
The winner was presented the trophy in a brief cere
mony before the Cotton Bowl game. Dick Wilke, president
of the SMU Student Body, presented the trophy to the
Arkansas University.
The trophy is awarded to the school that has shown
throughout the year the best sportsmanship—both on the
athletic fields and in other fields of student endeavor. In
the voting a school may not vote for itself.
Ballots were counted during a pre-game meeting in
♦Dallas. Each of the representatives
from the schools, former students,
administrations,, and sports writers
submitted their vote on a perfer-
ential ballot.
During the business session af
ter the branch, Richard Vann edi
tor of the SMU Campus, presented
a proposal that the committee en
dorse the proposal made at a i“e-
cent meeting of the SWC coaches.
This proposal said, in part, any
player committing a personal foul
during the game, would be iden
tified by the game officials.
Along with this endorsement,
which was sent to the SWC rules
committee. It will be the job of
this committee to either adopt or
reject this proposal.
The three foot tall, gold trophy
was presented to Arkansas Uni
versity and they will keep posses
sion of the trophy until the 1953
Cotton Bowl Game.
The idea and the trophy were
started in 1947 by The Battalion.
Members of the committee are
niade up of the editor of the school
newspaper, head yell leader, pres
ident of the student governing
body and an athletic representa
tive.
According to the constitution of
the committee, the group will meet
again at the school that is the
host of the SWC track meet. At
this time they will hold a business
meeting and cast ballots to decide
the standing of the school at the
halfway mark during the year.
Members from A&M making tho
trip to Dallas were Grady Small
wood, president of the Studeni
Senate; Lew Jobe, head yell lead
er; and John Whitmore, editof.
of The Battalion. J. W, Doggie
Dalston attended as an alternate.
Smallwood also was escort for
the Aggie Sweetheart—Miss Wan
da Harris.
Highways Slick
With Ice Coats
A paralyzing ice storm
crept deeper into Texas today
after wrapping the Panhandle
and South Plains in a glisten
ing coat of frozen rain.
At least four persons were re
ported killed in traffic mishaps in
the iced-over area. Scores of ac
cidents occurred on streets and
highways.
The freezing zone was bordered
on the south by Midland, San An
gelo, Dallas-Fort Worth and Sher
man, in North Texas.
Dangerously slick highways ex
tended throughout that area. All
highways in the Panhandle and
South Plains were coated with ice.
More than 70 telephone circuits
were disrupted in the icy area.
Most of them were reported in the
Lubbock-Sweetwater district.
Buses Late
Airliners, by - passed Lubbock,
while a few landed at. Amarillo.
Ice was reported on rlnways , at
Wichita Falls. Buses arrived at
Lubbock 30 minutes to three hours
late.
Freezing rain and drizzle and icy
bridges and overpasses made high
way travel extremely hazardous in
North Texas.
All of Texas was shrouded in
light rain, drizzle or sleet early
today except Brownsville—south of
the cold air mass.
The weather bureau said a layer
of warm, moist Gulf air aloft was
dropping precipitation through the
surface freezing zone and creating
ice.
Heart Attack Kills
Great US Sculptor
Paris, Jan. 3—<2P)—Jo Davidson,
68, famed American sculptor died
of a heart attack last night at his
country home in central France.
The bearded sculptor, who rose
from New York’s lower east side
tenements to the top level of art
and living, had been regarded as
in relatively good health despite
a few minor heart attacks in re
cent months.
His wife telephoned friends in
Palis that Davidson died near
Sache, a village a few mies from
Tours. He had gone from his
Paris home to Becheron, his coun
try place, for the Christmas, and
New Year holidays.
He became ill late yesterday aft
ernoon and a doctor was summon
ed. Four hours later, at 9 p.m.
French time, he was dead.
Funeral arrangements were be
ing made today. Burial probably
will be in Paris, his widow said.
Great Men Sat
Many of the great men of his
time sat for Davidson’s sculpture
and many of his works are on
permanent display in museums and
government buildings over the
world.
He won many prizes, including
the French Legion of Honor. He
had lived and studied many years
in Paris but had maintained a
New York home until recently.
Among his subjects were Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, John D. Rocke
feller, Sr., Albert Einstein, Will
Rogers and great figures of the
world wars.
He returned to France Dec. 20
from Israel after doing busts of
that nation’s leaders, including
President Chaim Weizmann, Pre
mier David Ben-Gurion and For
eign Minister Moshe Sharett.
Mrs. Davidson said the sculptor
had appeared tired after the trip
to Israel where, she said, “he did
a great amount of work.” She
said he had a bronchial condition
which affected his heart.
Biology Final
Among Items
Lost In MSC
“Since its opening date in Sept
ember of 1950, the MSC has ac
cumulated a closet full of lost
articles,” Wayne Stark, director
of the MSC announced today.
“Any person who believes that
he has lost an article at the MSC
can claim it at the main desk
by offering a description of the
article,” Stark said.
The articles will be offered for
sale at a public auction if they
are not claimed soon, the director
said. Most of the articles were
found in the vicinity of the foun
tain room.
Among the articles found were
flannel pajamas, a chess set, socks,
white shirts, a pair of nylon shorts,
raincoats, a ladies Bulova wrist
watch, razor blades, dozens of
Overseas caps, several fountain
pens, and a copy of the biology de
partment’s final exam.