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JANUARY 2-31 cbve/^0^#^to in JL L | # Battalion JANUARY 2-31 MARCH o'DIMES PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 82: Volume 52. COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1952 Price Five Cents Culinary Pointers X. County 4-H Club Boys Getting Set For Show The fine and lost art of cooking a sirloin steak is demonstrated by Mrs. Rita Holridge, to Mrs. Bird, home science teacher at the A&M Consoli dated High School. Mrs. Holridge held an all day cooking school for the women of the commun ity in the high school home science class rooms. Mrs. Holridge is sponsored by the Extension service. By PHILIP GOUGLER Battalion Staff Writer Brazos County 4-H Club boys are readying their show animals in anticipation of the annual Hous ton Fat Stock Show, Jan. 30-Feb. 10, County Agent Wallace Kim brough has announced. Eugene Opersteny, a last year calf scramble winner, will enter ; this same grown and fattened steer in the show. Bobby Cargill will take two dairy heifers, and Henry Presnal and Eddie Payne will en ter one dairy heifer each. Presnal also won his heifer in last year’s scramble, while Payne won his in the 1950 event. Other show entries are two lambs by Richard Miller, three fat barrows by George Arnold; turkeys by Presnal, Payne, and Kent Potts; capons by Eddie Melas- ky, Tommy Wing, Arnold, Wing, and Potts; fryer's by Bill and Tom- Water Treatment Studied by Group The Laboratory Short School for waterworks and sewerage plant operators passed the half way mark today in its 14th annual ses sion here. Thirteen superintendents of wat er and sewerage treatment plants from cities in all parts of the state ar'e attending, according to J. H. Sorrels, chairman of the short course. Dairymen Hear National Head By IDE TROTTER Battalion Staff Writer National President of the Ameri can Dairy Association, C. E. Scho- bey, of Algonia, Iowa spoke yes terday to the American Dairy Association of Texas at their lunch eon in the MSC. , Approximately 80 members at tended the annual state-wide dairy industry meeting at which plans for the coming year, reorganiza tion, and revision of the bylaws tvere made. • Dr. I. W. Rupel, head of the Dairy husbandry department, pre sided at the luncheon at which Schobey spoke and problems of the dairy industry were discussed. James G. Kizer, was reelected president of the ADA of Texas as ,vere the other officers. Board Elected Under the new bylaws a 27 mem ber state board of directors will be elected. Dr. Rupel was elected as one of the members of tempor ary board which will serve till a new board can be elected as spec ified by the bylaws. • ^75 Flu Cases m Area, State • Lists 10,545 Influenza outnumbered all - communicable diseases in the College Station - Bryan area for the week ending Jan. 19, t h d Bryan - Brazos County Health Unit has announced. Flu victims totaled 175, a sum two and one half times greater than all other communicable disea ses combined. Twenty-seven counties each re ported 100 or more cases of in fluenza last week. There is usually an increase in influenza about this time of year, but this is the largest number of cases for the second week of the year since 1944 when over 24,000 cases were reported, announced the State Department of Health. The numerical reports from the morbidity report cards throughout the state list a total of 10,545 cases of influenza last week compared to 3,151 cases for the second week last year. Colege Station listed 49 cases of flu, Bryan reported 128. Diarrhea was the second most common illness reported with nine - cases in College Station and 16 in Bryan. Septic sore throat cases numbered six in College Station, and 11 in Bryan. D Other diseases reported were as follows: Gonorrhea, two cases in College Station, and seven in Bry an; measles, five in College Sta tion, and three in Bryan; and syph ilis, one case reported in each city. Eleven district members, made up of regular members, dairy pro ducers residing in the eleven dis tricts in which the ADA has di vided the state, 10 members at large, who may be regular or asso ciate members, and six members at large, who must be associate mem bers of the ADA, will comprise the new board of directors as set up at this meeting. Associate members of the ADA are handlers or processors of dairy products. Members of the new board will be selected at a meeting of special delegates, one per hundred dairy producers in the state’s 11 districts, instead of at mass meetings as has been the policy in the past. Terms Staggered Terms of the board members will be three years and alternate, one third of the members being elected each year. The purpose of the American Dairy Association is to promote na tion wide advertising for the dairy industry. The purpose of the separ ate state associations is to prow vide an organization for collecting funds on which the national organ ization may operate. Funds are now raised by a vol untary checkoff. Each dairy pro ducer contributes one cent per pound of butter fat produced in a 60 day period starting the first of June, National Dairy Month. Of the funds collected in each state, 20 percent remains in the state for operating expenses and the rest is sent on to the national organization. The national board of directors of the ADA which handles the business of the association is made up of three members from each state. One member from each state also serves on the national execu tive committee. They direct the dairy industrie’s nation wide advertising campaigns. Billboards, national magazines, and tie-in advertising with large food companies are used by the national association to publicize their pro duct. He’s No Woodcutter, So You Can t ‘Pin ’ Him Down Over two tons of wood hit the deck after being nudged by a little ball. It all happened in the MSC Bowling Alley where C. A. McNeill bowled the top series score Tuesday night. By winning, McNeill knocked over 584 pins, which weigh about three and a half pounds each. By simple mathematics, John Geiger, head mathematician of the center, said it added up to 2044 pounds, or over two tons of wood. Allies Strike Red Western Defense Seoul, Korea, Jan. 24—(JP)—Al lied raiding parties ended the 19th month of the Korean war today with bold strikes into the Red de fense line on the Western front. The heaviest fight was west of Chorwon where United Nations tanks and infantrymen fought for six hours Wednesday with Chinese entrenched on a hill. The raiders struck again at 7:30 a.m. Thursday. The Chinese rain ed hand grenades down on the Al lies and opened up with heavy machinegun and rifle fire. The fight continued, the U. S. Eighth Army reported. Another Allied force hit the Chi nese northwest of Korangpo in a pre-dawn raid. The Eighth Army said the raiders pulled back to their own lines after killing 20 Reds ih an hour-long fight. The frozen Eastern and Central fronts quieted after heavy Allied tank and artillery blows Wednes day. Tanks Big Allied tanks clanked up to a seven mile front between Kumsong and the Pukhan River on the Cen tral front and hurled more than 1,600 rounds into Chinese bunkers. The lethal barrage from five vantage points lasted nearly four hours. One group reported 60 Chinese bunkers damaged. Chinese fire damaged four tanks, but all limped back to Allied lines. A fifth tank was damaged Wed- Radio News Course Offered in Spring Journalism 311, a course in radio news writing and editing, will be offered in the spring semester. The course will be taught by Otis Miller, assistant professor of jour nalism. “Practical experience in writing and editing a “must” for agricul tural and engineering students go ing into quasi-public work where a knowledge of writing and broad casting is part of the job,” said Miller. The course is open to both agri cultural and engineering students who are approved by the instructor. Square Dance Club Schedules Benefit Promenaders, College Station and Bryan square dance club, will sponsor a March of Dimes benefit square dance at the Bryan Country club on Saturday, Feb. 2. Entire proceeds of the affair, including sales of refreshments which will be donated by club members, will go to the fund to fight polio. No admission Avill be charged, according to Club Presi dent Lee Smith, but all present will be asked to donate generously. Tom Collier, local caller, will be master of ceremonies, with guest callers from all over the area. Mrs. Lola Thompson is chairman of the arrangements committee. Hosts and other committees will be named within the next few days, according to Smith, nesday in the fight west of Chor won. Another Allied raiding party fought 20 minutes with Reds north east of the punchbowl on the rug ged Eastern front. Farther east, Allied artillery opened up on a 1,000-man Commu nist force southwest of Kosong. The artillerymen estimated 100 Red casualties. Planes B-26 light bombers and land- based marine fighters attacked about 1,200 Communist vehicles Wednesday night. Pilots reported 120 destroyed. Far East air force headquarters said Allied warplanes flew 920 sor ties Wednesday. B-29 Superforts bombed the Su- chon rail bridge and the Hungman supply area on the East coast. Carrier-based planes hammered away at the Wonsan-Hungnam rail line for the third straight day. Land-based naval aircraft concen trated on Communist troop posi tions on the East-Central front. Artillery U. N. warships pounded Red tar gets on both coasts and fired their seaborne artillery in support of Allied ground troops on the East ern end of the battleline. A North Korean communique said Communist guns Tuesday sank one Allied “war craft” off Korea’s East coast and shot down three U. N. planes near Wonsan Wed nesday. There was no confirma tion from U. N. sources. In Washington the Defense De partment said U. S. battle casual ties last week increased 261 to a total of 104,644. The latest list showed 94 killed in action, 217 wounded and 50 missing. “Special training in laboratory control of water and sewerage treatment plants,” is covered in the six day course, Sorrels said. Bacteriological and chemical analysis is stressed in the course which includes both theory and ac tual lab practice in the Sanitary Engineering Laboratory. , City Studies Possibilities Fluorination of water, a project which is under investigation by the College Station Chamber of Com merce, will be discussed in these sessions. The Chamber of Commerce nam ed Sorrels and Mrs. W. M. Dowell as co-chairmen of a committee to investigate the need for and con siderations involved in the estab lishment of a fluorinating system for College Station water. Fluorine in drinking water re duces tooth decay. The course is jointly sponsored by the civil engineering department and the State Health Department at Austin. A. D. Potter, chemist, and A. C. Riba, bacteriologist, both of the State Health Department, are as sisting with the course Sorrels add ed. my Wing, Johnny Lloyd, Don Drap er, and Melasky. “Some of our boys have some mighty good animals and poultry, and they should place reasonably high. But they are up against big outfits, and the competition will be plenty tough,” Kimbrough said. Contenders in this year’s calf scramble, Jan. 31, include Johnny Lloyd and Eddie Melasky, who will scamper after dairy calves. Hope fuls Don Draper and Carroll Fran cis will chase the beef calves. Floyd Abbott and Charles Gallo way are alternates in the scramble. The First group of club boys, accompanied by Kimbrough, will leave Sunday morning, Jan. 27, from the Bryan Locker Plant. “It’s a good idea to get there early to get the livestock settled and ready,” Kimbrough explained. This group will include Eugene Opersteny, Henry Presnal, Eddie Payne, Jerry Randle, Bobby Car gill, Richard Miller, Gerald Arnold, Kent Potts, Eddie Melasky, Tom my Wing, George Arnold, Bill Wing, Don Draper, and Allen Lloyd. The dairy judging team, to com pete Feb. 9, is comprised of Henry Presnal, Eddy Payne, Kent Potts, and Gwinn Thompson. Two school bus loads of Brazos County boys and girls will visit the show on 4-H Day, Feb. 2. Farewell Speech New Assistant County Agent A&M Graduate Louis P. Amsler, A&M ani mal husbandry graduate, has been appointed assistant to Brazos County Agent Wallace Kimbrough, the County Com missioner’s Court has announced. Amsler, a mid-term graduate of this year, was a member of the Alpha Zeta National Honor Soc iety, the Saddle and Sirloin Club, and the junior and senior livestock judging teams. Amsler received his appointment upon recommendation by District Agent Silver Whitset. While in college, Amsler and his wife and son have been living in College Station. They plan to move to Bryan. Agronomy Society Elects Enloe Head Alton Enloe of Daisetta was elected president of the Agronomy Society of A&M and Bill Lewis of College Station was elected vice- president, at a recent meeting. Other officers elected included Bobby Henderson of Waco, re porter, and Anton Bockholt of Robstown, parliamentarian. Local Church Has Seven At Meeting The Rev. and Mrs. L. L. Brown, Dr. and Mrs. C. C. French, Dick French, Mrs. P. G. Murdock, and Mrs. W. A. Price represented the St. Thomas Episcopal Church at the 103 Annual Council of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas in Beaumont this week. The Rev, Brown was the clergy delegate; Dr. French was the lay delegate; and the ladies voted in the council of associated women. Brazos A&M Club Slates Special Meeting Tonight A special meeting for officers and past presidents of the Brazos County A&M Club will be held to night at 7 at the Club House. This will be an organizational meeting, today announced Joe Motheral, president. Library Will Be Open From 8 to 5 Next Week The College Library will remain open next week from 8 a. m. until 5 p. m. Monday through Friday. The library will be closed Sunday. Saturday, the building will be open from 8 a. m. until 12 noon. The regular schedule will be re sumed Monday, Feb. 4. Gilchrist Talks At Mason Rally In Houston Chancellor of the A&M Sys tem Gibb Gilchrist, grand master of Texas Masons, was the principal speaker during the 22nd annual Exemplifica tion of the Master Mason’s Degree held in his honor in Houston, Jan. 21, J. H. Sorrels, master of the College Station Sul Ross Lodge, has announced. In addition to Gilchrist’s address, the program included conferment of the Master Mason’s Degree on William Carroll Hill of Houston. The degree was conferred by the College Station Sul Ross Lodge No. 1300, which put the program on. The ceremony was held in the Scottish Rite Temple under the auspices of the Houston Lodge No. 1189. Local men taking part in the de gree work included T. E. Rattan, G. E. Madeley, H. W. Ince, A1 B. Nelson, H. W. Barlow, M. T. Hig- ginson, N. M. McGinnis, J. D. Sher man, W. S. Manning, L. P. Cobble, and H. L. Boyer. I. I). Boughton of the A&M Athletic Council is giving Jewell Mc Dowell a chance to say a few words during pre-game ceremonies on “Jewell McDowell night.” The sensational guard ended his career scoring 23 points against Baylor. The Cadets won 47-36. Kefauver Voices Cleanup Platform Philadelphia, Jan. 24—<ZP)—Sen ator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee said last night he will compaign for the Democratic presidential nomination on a, platform advocat ing clean government, World peace, a balanced budget and continuance of “economic and social gains.” Kefauver spoke here on a net work television news program (NBC) a few hours after he an nounced in Washington that he would seek the nomination. The Senator, who headed the crime investigating committee, said he decided to run because “there is a need for youth, vigor and new ideals in both political parties.” He is 47. Old Belief Untrue He said there is no longer any truth in the old belief that a southerner can not be elected pres ident. “The south no longer is on the defense politically,” he said. Kefauver did not comment fur ther on his reference to clean gov ernment, a remark obviously di- TwoCandleholders Disappear at Lunch Two piy-skin covered candle- holders disappeared from the speaker’s table at the Football banquet. These candleholders be longed to Mrs. Tom Taylor of the Campus Variety store. The committee in charge of ban quet arrangements has requested that anyone knowing the where abouts of these candleholders, re turn them to her at the Variety store. Stevenson Boomed As Dem Candidate New York, Jan. 24 — (A*) — The New York Times said today that Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois shapes up as a leading Democratic presidential candidate in view of indications that President Truman prefers not to run and seeks a successor who backs his own for eign policy. James Reston, in a dispatch from Washington, writes that the Presi dent “before deciding to withdraw from the race . . . now is seriously surveying the field of possible Democratic candidates and asked Gov. Stevenson to call upon him (Tuesday) night with this in mind.” ■ • Experience Of all present potential Demo cratic candidates, Reston said, “Stevenson is generally felt to have the most experience in the field of foreign affairs. “Moreover, he has won consid erable confidence even among many Republicans for the independent position he has taken in the con duct of affairs in Illinois,” the story added. Yesterday in Washington, how ever, Stevenson told newsmen he is a candidate for re-election as governor—“and nothing else.” But he declined to say whether or not he would accept a presidential nom ination if one was tendered to him. Stevenson’s sweeping guberna torial victory in 1948 marked him as the third Democratic governor to be elected in Illinois since the Civil War. Adviser He was a special assistant to the Secretary of War from 1941 to 1944, and a special assistant to the Secretary of State in 1945. Also, he was an adviser to the -U. • S.' delegation at the San Francisco conference that drafted the char ter of the United Nations in 1945. In the same year, he was ■ prin cipal U. S. representative on the preparatory commission of the U. N. in London. “On several other occasions;” the Times said, “Mr. Truman has\ sought to bring Mr. Stevenson into the administration. rected at the recent income tax and other governmental scandals. Later, however, speaking at a meeting of the Pennsylvania and Atlantic Seaboard Hardware Asso ciation, Kefauver said it is the “duty and responsibility of the, federal government to clean up its own yard, front and back.” He said the U. S. has failed “to break up organized crime in hund reds of American communities, and to break the alliance between gang sters and some politicians at all levels of government.” Revolt in Nepal Angers India, May Intervene New Delhi, Thursday, Jan. 24—(AP)—A revolt against the newly liberalized govern ment of Nepal was reported today. India was described as ready to intervene if necessary to save the Himilayan kingdom from the fate of neighboring Commun ist-captive Tibet. The' Industan Times and other Indian morning newspapers said the revolt has been put down for the moment.and 409 rebels are un der arrest at Ktatmandu, the cap ital, but unease continues. Some reports said the rebels were supported by. left-wing ele ments or infiltrating Communists. Informed sources here said un less the situation is brought un der control quickly there is every possibility that India will step in to restore stability. India regards Nepal as respon sible for guarding a 550-mile Him alayan border with Tibet, which now is under Red China’s control. Health Unit Plans Lah Course Ton he Dr. J. V. Irons, director of lab oratories, Texas State Department of Health, will present a short Laboratory Refresher Course in Public Health Laboratory Metho dology, tonight at 7:30 at the Bry- an-Brazos County Health Unit, 402 E. 30th, Bryan. Three short lectures will be sup plemented or illustrated with lan tern slides and blackboard “chalk talk”, reviewing parasitology pro cedures, mycology methods, and tests for viral diseases, announced Dr. David E. Brown, Health Unit director. Allies Claim Reds Playing Waiting Game Munsan, Korea, Jan. 24—(fP>— The United Nations command to day accused the Communists of (.“playing.the waiting game” in the Korean truce talks, hoping the Al lies will “capitulate out of sheer exasperation.” An official U.N. broadcast beam ed to Korea from Tokyo said: “Either the Reds have no inten tion of reaching an armistice and arg merely killing time until their next offensive, or they have been instructed not to bargain on any point. ’ .“The Jatter alternative may be the truer one at this date.” The broadcast said the Reds’ “waiting game” is “an overt ad mission from Communists leaders that right now they do not expect anything to happen.” As negotiators haggled fruitless ly over Korean truce terms Thurs day, a U.N. delegate accused the Communists of planning to use sick and wounded prisoners as a lever to force Allied acceptance of Red armistice terms.