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proposed tr. sector border,
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record b; he United States for
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DETROIT, July 27—(Spl.)—Fu
neral services were held here Mon
day for Dr. Hilton O. von Rosen
berg, 55, widely known in the field
of veterinary medicine.
Born at Halletsville, Tex., Dr.
von Rosenberg was graduated from
the College of Veterinary Medicine
at A&M in 1920. He engaged in
private practice at Halletsville and
Cuero for six years, then was ap
pointed first assistant state veter
inarian of Texas.
Dr. von Roseberg was manager
of the Department of Veterinary
Medicine at Parke, Davis & Com
pany and had been with the pharm
aceutical firm for nearly 25 years.
He died July 25 at Harper Hos
pital in Detroit following an illness
of more than a year.
In August, 1928, Dr. von Rosen
berg joined Parke-Davis at Kansas
City. He remained there until Jan
uary, 1943, when he was trans
ferred to the firm’s New Orleans
branch. In March, 1945, Dr. von
Rosenberg came to the general of
fices in Detroit as manager of the
Department of Veterinary Medi
cine.
Survivors include the widow,
Mrs. Monte von Rosenberg, 796
Bedford Road, Grosse P o i n t e,
Mich.; a daughter, Monte Jean; and
three brothers, H. J. of San An
tonio,; F. A. of Jetersville, Va.;
and C. W. of Dallas.
Burial was held at Halletsville.
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COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1953
Price Five Cents
Bonn food ministry dispatched
twenty tons of American flour in
a big Diesel truck and trailer. It
was delayed a total of six and
three-quarter hours by two Com
munist customs inspections, but got
through without confiscation.
There were indication that Amer
ican food would soon be arriving
here in huge tonnages by rail and
highway as well as air. It will be
distributed directly to East Ger
mans after repackaging in un-
bi’anded containers. It also will
replenish the reserves maintained
here since 1949 to protect West
Berlin from another Soviet block
ade.
Reds Scream “Slander”
Red Premier Otto Grotewohl,
who called the United States’ orig
inal free-food offer a “slander
against the German people,” went
befor’e the Soviet zone Volksham-
mer (Parliament) Wednesday and
described the food relief in West
Berlin as “American provocation.’
“We are willing to buy $15,000,-
000 or $50,000,000 worth—or more
of American food and other goods
if America will sell it at world
prices under equal terms,” he as
serted.
The reason Grotewohl talked of
paying was obvious. He could not
afford to let the Soviet Union ap
pear miserly by comparison with
the United States. The Russians
have agreed to sell GrotewohTs
government' more food in return
for German manufactures. They
are giving nothing away free.
Grotewohl rolled out an old
chestnut for the Volkskammer—a
proposal that the East and West
German governments meet in Aug
ust to draft an election law for
unifying Germany. It was at best
an attempt to draw voters from
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in
his own fight for re-election Sept.
6.
Reds Distort Truth
Grotewohl deliberately distorted
the West’s idea of free elections.
He said the Allied powers wanted
to control any election to be held
in the Soviet zone, “thereby giv
ing Fascists free play in all of
Germany.”
The fact is that the West de
mands four-power supervision, with
the Russians participating, to as
sure political liberty everywhere
in an all-German election.
An August iriq^.We^t meeting
would be a setup.,for ComVnunists
to engage- in propaganda harang
ues againgf Adenauer without com
mitting themselves to anything.
The proposal wag quickly rejecjfad
by Adenauer’s-government.
Oil chemists from over the world
gathered at Texas A&M Monday,
July 27, for the fifth short course
of the American Oil Chemists’ So
ciety.
Conducted in cooperation with
the college’s Institution of Oil Seed
Technology, the course features
some of the world’s leaders in the
field as speakers.
Eighty-eight chemists from over
the U. S. and six foreign nations
had registered when Pres. M. T.
Harrington of the college wel
comed'thq group to the campus for
the week long session.
Proctor- Thompson, president of
the American Oil Chemists’ Society
officially accepted the welcome and
gave a brief history of the society
and the short course program,
which is designed to help newcom
ers in the oiT chemistry field with
its interchange of ideas and pre
sentation of new technical findings.
Dr. J. D. Lindsay, head of the
Chemical Engineering Department
at the college, is chairman of the
program. Sponsors during the
first day’s session were H. D.
Fincher of Houston, Processing Ed
ible Oil Seeds and Edible Oils”; G.
H. Hickox of Knoxville, Tenn., “Hy-
draulic Extraction of Cottonseed
Oil;” John W. Dunning of Cleve
land, Ohio. “History and Latest
Developments in Expeller and
Screw Press Operation on Cotton
seed:” and B. H. Thurman of New
Yoi’k City, “Refining Procedures:
Lye, Soda Ash, Miscella.”
Texans Are In The News
In Spite Of Small Numbers
Strept Throat Led
Weeks Sick Lists
Strept Throat with a total of
19 cases led the morbidity report
list for the week ending July 25,
according to the Bryan-Brazos
County Health Unit.
Second on the list was dysentery
with 15, mumps with four cases
was third, fourth was pneumonia
with three, and .measles, malaria,
and polio each registered one case.
By BRUCE HENDERSON
Associated Press Staff
It’s not true that an unidenti
fied Texan preceded Norkey and
Hillary up Mt. Everest by 24
hours. But it seems from news
dispatches that Texans do more
world-traveling and headline-mak
ing than numbers warrant.
Maybe it’s Ben Hogan casually
winning the British Open. Or El
Paso lady matador Pat McCormick
dispatching her bull in some Plaza
de Toros south of the Rio Grande.
The Texan is bound to crop up, us
ually in entertaining circumstances.
This has caused an alarming case
of mass myopia among Texas
newspapermen. The most micro
scopic four-line item from, says,
Monte Carlo must be scrutinized
for the inevitable name of some
body from Houston, Tahoka, Mule-
shoe or Cedar Bayou.
Possibly Texans, known far and
wide for their captivating reserve
have unwittingly intrigued the
world’s newsmen. Anyway, a trav
eling Texan hardly ever escapes no
tice.
Here’s what back-home editors
came across on a recent night:
Dallas model takes out marriage
license with golfer-sparkplug heir
Frank Stranahan at Chicago.
Texas pilot whose jet ci’ashed in
sea off Korea rescued by helicop
ter so fast feet stay dry.
Navy announces Dallas captain
to command San Diego Fleet train
ing group.
Two Texas golfers advance in
Public Links Tourney at Seattle.
North Texas Country Squire By
ron Nelson playing golf again in
Arkansas.
Mumps hit National Boy Scout
jamboree in California. And who’s
down with the malady?—-four jun
ior-size Texans.
The situation is such that when
an annoyed man severa Imonths
ago insisted to Georgia police he
was not from Texas they wolldn’t
believe him. Sure enough, he was
—and they brought him back on
charges of escaping from a Texas
Jail.
Britain Resumes Trade
With Chinese Commies
Desperate Soviets
Yell ‘Horse Meat’
Berlin —(2P)—The Soviet zone
news agency ADN claimed Wed
nesday night that “United States
army horse meat” is being hand
ed out to East Germans in the
Western relief program.
“The recipients could hardly
believe their eyes when they dis
covered what the ‘generous’
Americans had given them,” A
DN asserted.
“The horse meat comes from
Unted States Army supplies for
medical c.orps dogs and was giv
en out Tuesday at various points
in West Berlin.”
An American official commen
ted:
“Some ADN propagandist has
gone crazy.”
TRIPLE JET ACE WELCOMED — Maj. James Jabara,
America’s first jet ace, (center) is welcomed at Perrin Air
Force Base near Sherman and Denison, as he returned
from his second tour of duty in Korea. He is greeted by
his wife, their children, James, 4, and Carol Ann, 2, and by
Col. Royal N. Baker, another jet of the Korean fighting.
Col. Jabara increased the number of Communist MIGs he
shot down to 15 during his second Korean tour to become
a triple ace. Col. Baker shot down 13 Red MIGs during
his one Korean tour.
Oil Chemist Begin Sessions
Of Fifth Annual Conference
During the afternoon members
of the short course toured the cam
pus and facilities of the college.
Countries represented at the
short course other than the U. S.
included Egypt, Argentina, Canada,
Bahamas, Mexico and Venezuela.
Maj. Cowan Resign
To Take New Post
Major William B. Cowan, coun
selor in the New Dorm area has
resigned his position at A&M to
accept a post at Howard Phyne
in Brown wood.
Major Cowan has been employed
at A&M for the past two years as
counselor at Dorms 1 and 3.
At Howard Payne he will head
the Agriculture Department of the
Daniel Baker College of Useful
Arts.
Prior to coming here, Major
Cowan worked at the Agriculture
Training Station for the Veterans
Department for over four years.
At that time his headquarters were
at Howard Payne.
Intramurals Offer
Summer Tourneys
Tournaments in open golf
(singles and doubles) and open
tennis (singles and doubles) will
be conducted for students dur
ing the second semester, and in
tramural medals will be given
in both sports, according to Bar
ney Welch, program director.
The golf tournament will be
by flights, while the tennis will
consist of one tournament only,
Welch said.
Both sports tournaments will
be single elimination, that is,
one loss will eliminate the con
testant, he added.
Students interested in compet
ing in either or both tourna
ments may enter by filling in
the entry blank available in the
student activities office before
Wednesday, August 5, Welch
said.
Won’t Push UN Recognition
Despite Laborite Pressure
LONDON—UP).—Britain pledged Wednesday to help
keep Red China out of the United Nations, for the time being
at least, but served notice she is moving back into the lush
China market.
In the teeth of pressure from the opposition Labor party.
Acting Prime Minister R. A. Butler and Acting Foreign Sec
retary Lord Salisbury declared in Parliament:
1. Red China’s claims for representation in the U.N.
must wait until the Korean peace conference opens.
2. Britain will continue to respect international embar
goes on the export of war-potential goods to Red China, which
she recognizes.
3. This country deems it right and proper to go on de
veloping nonstrategic trade with the Peiping regime.
As if to underline this last point a private, unofficial
East-West trade group said
the government has author
ized the immediate export of
nearly 10 million d o 1 1 a r s’
worth of nonstrategic goods
ordered by Red China.
The group, known as the British
Council for the Promotion of Inter
national Trade, helped to organize
mission of nineteen British busi
nessmen which recently signed up
nearly ninety orders in Peiping for
British goods.
Council Director Roland Berger
told a news conference the busi
nessmen are seeing the president
of Britain’s board of trade, Peter
Thornycroft, soon in the hope of
getting authority to ship a further
10 million dollars’ worth of margi
nal goods to China.
The board of trade, which has
the final say on British exports,
declined to confirm or deny that
10 million dollars’ worth of goods
have been licensed for sale to Chi
na. A spokesman said licenses
Scramble Two
Dallas—Mrs. Zada Thomas says
an appreciative hen is giving her
a bonus in eggs. When Mrs.
Thomas disposed of her flock she
retained the hen, a good layer.
She says the hen soon started pro
ducing eggs with double yolks
every other day.
Wilder Selected
To Lead Camp
Final Review
Fort Sill, Okla. (spl.) — A&M
Cadet Jack Wilder has been selec
ted as the troop commander for
the final review of the artillery
ROTC summer camp.
This will be the second time this
summer that Wilder has acted in
this capacity. Two weeks ago he
led the troops in a weekly review
and he performed so outstandingly
that he was singled out for this
honor. Captain Victor Nixon,
Camp Ass’t S-3 in charge of par
ades and ceremonies stated “the
division artillery review under ca
det Wilder was one of the out-
standin/- f. imations whic' I have
witnessed.”
Other honors are . coming his
way too. Major O’Connell, Wild
er’s battery commander, announc
ed today the selection of Wilder
as the outstanding Cadet in Bat
tery “D”, 2nd ROTC battalion. The
battery commander stated today
“For Wilder’s daily performance
here at camp during the past six
weeks, I am recommending him to
his PMS&T as a distinguished mil
itary student.”
Cadet Wilder is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. H. Wilder, 2660 La.
St. Beaumont, Texas.
State L egis la tu res
Trimming Secrecy
What—No Change
Longview—A man illegally trip
ped a parking meter in Longview
“to save a nickell.” Police pointed
out he could have parked a thous
and times for the fine—$50.
By WILLIAM J. CONWAY
Chicago —(IP)— Secrecy in gov
ernment took a trimming in many
state legislatures this year.
• Lawmakers took action that had
the effect of reducing the total
area of secrecy by opening the
doors to records and meeting con
cerned with the public’s business.
There is a movement among
newsmen to make sure that the
people can be kept fully informed
about what is going on in govern
ment. It is dedicated to the prin
ciple that the people have the
right to know.
A sm-vey by the Associated Press
shows that foes of secrecy made
noteworthy progress in the long
1953 state lawmaking season now
virtually ended. But there were
reverses, too.
Here is a brief summary of some
of the actions by legislatures:
Tennessee—Approved a bill re
quiring local school boards to hold
open meetings when acting on any
matter involving public funds.
Idaho—Adopted a law stating
all meetings of county, city and
school boards at which final ac
tions are taken must be open to
the public.
Washington — enacted a law ad
mitting the public to all final-
decision meetings of state and
local boards, commissions and
agencies.
Ohio—Approved a bill requiring
open meetings of all state boards,
commissions and agencies.
California — adopted legislation
requiring open meetings by local
governing bodies, and declaring a
state policy access to public rec
ords.
Indiana—Enacted an anti-secrecy
law making it the state’s policy
to keep official records open to
public inspection.
South Dakota — A new law re
quires all state boards and com
missions to file detailed minutes
of their proceedings with the state
comptroller, and makes them open
to the public inspection.
Maryland — Killed a “gag” bill
that would have forbidden law en
forcement officers to talk with
newsmen, (for publication) about
a criminal case before it came to
trial.
Pennsylvania — House and Sen-
a t e appropriations committees
opened hearings on departmental
budget requests to newsmen for
the first time within the memory
of old-timers.
Florida — Meetings of the sen
ate-house conference committee to
iron Mit differences in the general
appropriation bill were open for
the first time in years.
The number of states that have
opened their welfare rolls to pub
lic inspection rose to 22.
They are Indiana, which started
the series of such actions in 1951,
Illinois, Kansas, J enness' e, Ala-
b •.nm, Utah, South Carolina, South
Dakota, Oregon, Iowa, No»tr Caro
lina, Arkansas, Florida, Oklahoma,
Wisconsin, Montana, Georgia, Mis-
sisBippi, Virginia, Louisiana, Mich
igan, Missouri.
Ohio legislators app, <ved a
measure to open public assistance
rolls to inspection by qualified
voters who present signed reasons
for viewing them.
A new law in New York per
mits county supervisors, c'ty coun
cils, town boards and sinr.'ar local
agencies to disclose the m mes of
aid recipients to persons or organi-
actions they consider entitled to
such information.
Welfare rolls in Washington
were opened slightly so that a
citizen can ask if a certain person
is on the rolls, and get a “yes” or
“no” answer.
Right-to-know reverses includ
ed these actions by legislatures:
North Carolina — changed the
state’s budget act to permit the
appropriations committee and its
subcommittees to hold closed meet
ings while considering the budget.
(See LEGISLATURE, Page 3)
are being issued constantly, but
no day-to-day tally is kept.
Some of Britain’s best -known
manufacturers, merchants and
banking interests were represented
on the mission to Peiping. Their
representatives announced in a
statement issued by the council
that they wrote “a business ar
rangement” with the China Na
tional Import and Export Corpora
tion for the exchange of at least
42 million dollars’ worth of com-*
modifies each way during the per
iod ending June 30, 1954. Many
of the items listed in the “business
arrangement” are, however, barred
to Communist nations because of
the items’ strategic value.
Butler told heckling Laborites
in the House of Commons that Brit
ain’s view always has been that
United Nations recognition of Red
China “does not automatically fol
low from the conclusion of an ar
mistice, but should be decided by
the political conference.”
To Set Up Conference
The political conference is due
to be set up by the United Nation
general assembly within the next
three months.
Lord Salisbury, addressing the
House of Lords, said Britain agrees
with the United States and France
that it would be “premature and
impractical” to open U.N. doors to
Red China immediately.
“But this question can come up
for further examination in the light
of an armistice,” he added quickly.
A top government leader, who
declined to be identified by name,
elaborated the British position in a
talk with American newsmen.
Red China, he said, must be
willing to behave if she expects
Britain to support her bid for a
U.N. seat. Her future attitude
towards Indochina, where French-
led forces are fighting a life-and-
death struggle against the troops
of a Moscow-trained Communist,
Ho Chi Minh, will provide a good
yardstick, he said. War supplies
from China have been helping the
rebels.
The informant said Britain’s at
titude towards preserving or scrap
ping the embargo on free trading
with China depends almost entirely
on the Peiping government’s be
havior towards Indochina.
Turning to nonstrategic business
deals, he said:
“We want as much trade with
Red China as we can get. British
business wants to get back some;
of the vast interests it held before
the Communists took over. The
government supports this.”
Salisbury said as much in the
House of Lords:
“There is no reason why we
should not trade in nonstrategic
materials and I can not admit that,
by doing so, we in any way would
be going beyond what is right and
proper.”