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• - v nm Circilia t ed ^ ail y lllllj To 90 Per Cent f Local Kesidents Volume 53 Fat E. King, Mr: Hawkins, t- E. E. Escoi ?r 100 ne Thomas, oi - d, Mrs, f. r Mosley, o \ rkO*\\t± Urs. F. B.kL® * w teacher; ited Schooi; i, Miss At W. J. Cons Owen, aro;^ The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Ag-gieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1953 Published By A&M Students For 75 Years Price Five Cents German aeilities Aug. 12—iJP) The I'lPlllti Eorce has evacuated I ICUllli tant air bases in East Continued was confirraed to ™S™- icers are temporarily ultural «iow |o analyze the move. ;e of a pan iut with startling speed, n- of San'J-wal; stripped Saviet air- ning of Tv/arphmes from fields at londay get;. n » Neupetershain, Fin- sed “Imp; nd Brand, in Agricuh-neuchen base, 10 miles Iph W. (Berlin, has been largely orofthef. Installations, including 10'ningsefd tanhs, have been ship- through ly freight train in the jup sessior^ the Soviet Union, Ger- ■fteniccn 'ground informants dis- morgatbon £ iphtan<k er f ]e l ds are s tiH re- Junction as f ar a s ground fa- Cliai'celi* concerned. But Soviet vstetn' p,, l personnel have been ; college elsewhere — “destina- »ean David wn ;| . v, preside' uttlon hegan secretly in i now regarded as com- out that a score of So und 600 single-jet fight- in-jet light bombers had irly maintained in East ince the outbreak of the r, an Allied source com- cutdown, but the Rus sia ve lots of planes and arman territory between id the Oder.” mated fields have not 1 over to the East Ger- lizei (ari police), a ca- 10 for a future air force. d Guesses’ Ruled Out fleers said this force is ined or equipped to op- >wn fields. Tt has re- schooling in Soviet the Russians have given ETS VACATE, Page 3) y RECEIVE HONORS—Six teachers of vocational agriculture congratulate each other af ter receiving service pins in ceremonies in Dallas. Left to right: C. P. Vickery of Temple, who was honored for 30 years service as an agriculture teacher in public schools; T. L. Duffey of Plainview; H. M. McSlroy of Eden; O. O. Miller, Silsbee; F. A. Lloyd, Mesquite, and O. B. King, Canton, who received 25-year pins. The presenta tions climaxed the annual meeting of*teachers of vocational agriculture teachers. Mrs. Wilkins Dies After Long Illness Mrs. Taylor Wilkins died Wed nesday afternoon at 3:45 in Bryan Hospital. She had been listed as critically ill for ten days, and confined to her bed since last Easter. Funeral services will be held in the Hillier Funeral Chapel in Bry- enas Takes Summer se At Mexico College at 3 1 CITY, Spl.—Guillermo on of Mr. and Mrs. An- jnas of Box 7355, Col- n, is summering in the cation land of colorful d at the same time t Mexico City. College, m college in Mexico’s n capital city which is a background of 400- panish Cathedrals and ■ar-old pagan pyramids. graduated from Allen i Bryan, then attended served one year in the lilitar Nacional Mexi- was previously employ ich manager in Mexico do not have to know a mish to enroll at Mexi- lege, as ninety-five per U classes are taught in /tost students, however, sh jas one of their ^1 find they learn the ipidly by practicing it homes where they live, j its, and in stores. They t any foreign language ome—- language’ unless it is 1 ry day life. Are Inexpensive *nent whitheir formal classroom k every ia! lden f s a t MCC are in dr knowledge of Mexi- mtedState on ^ r jp S organized by at nominal cost. They 'amid of the Sun and Bond y,v ?d serpents carved in ; 10,000.& Tem PjP of Quetzacoatl can. They go to Xo- and on h “Venice of the Amer- lt j 8 montk re [hi flower-decked float dowm canals per anniffi jjg can purchased miannuallj mts. J purchase Propolis of Mexico Ci- s hurried stream of • ents go to out-of-the- where native crafts- ——"lould pottery as the ivell over ten centuries 3 years ago, the school non-profit, non-secta- fers the B.A., B.F.A., .. degrees and a two- leading to the Certi- x'eign Trade. Its stu- ■menting relations be- Picnic Set Extension picnic will be held for ;rs and their families iltural Extension Serv- 7 at 6 p.m. The picnic in Hensel Park, sion* Service sttff per- heir families are cor- 1 to attend. tween Mexico and the United States, exchanging ideas in the classroom, on campus, in college- approved boarding houses and at social events attended by the more than one thousand Mexican stu dents studying English at .the col lege. As an' extra-territorial member of the Texas Association hf Col leges, its students participate in competitive ^ch/blastic and sphyts events with ptl) er members of the association, j ;■ Beef Cattle Course Begins August 18 A short course in beef cattle pro duction will be held at A&M Aug ust 18-20. J. K. Riggs of the ani mal husbandry department will chair the short course. Sessions will be held in the Me morial Student Center and at the beef cattle center. One hundred and twenty-five are expected to at tend. an at 4 p.m. today. Interment will be at the College Station cemetery. Mrs. Wilkins, was the wife of Lt. Col. Taylor Wikins and was very active in community affairs. She was a member of the College Av enue Baptist church where she taught Sunday School. As a member of the PTA and her clubs, Mrs. Wilkins was the type who got the job done and never asked for undue credit. Mrs. Wilkins was born in lola, Texas, Nov. 18, 1913 and moved to Bryan w^hile she was quite young. After her marriage she and her husband moved to El Paso where they lived for five years. She and Col. Wilkins moved to College Sta tion after her husband’s discharge from the service. Mrs. Wilkins is survived by her husband and two children, a son Robert Earl, and a daughter, Patsy Ann. Other survivors include her par- ent§, Mts. and Mrs. F. D. Smith of Bryan and two sisters, Mrs. Jack Godwin of Bryan and Mrs. Bill Thomas of Merced, California, as well as five brothers, Newton, Emmett and Relben Smith of Bry- and and Gerdeen Smith of Hous ton and Goree Smith of Conroe. Pastor at the services will be Charles F. Pitts, assisted by Will C. Beasley. Pallbearers will be W. G. Breaz- eale of College Station, Monty Carmichael of Wharton, Travis Nelson of Bryan, Travis Price of Nacogdoches, Fred Hickman of College Station and Johnny Morrow of Waco. Aggie Wives Bridge Club Meets at 7:30 The Aggie Wives Bridge Club met last Thursday evening in rooms 2-A and 2-B of the MSC. Mrs. Dorothy Bell was the hos tess, and high scorer again was Jane Rouse. Tonight the hostess will be Mrs. Helen Jacobs. There will be a business meeting at 7:45 and as many members as possible are requested to be pres ent. An election of officers will be held and plans for the summer Bridge-O party will be made. A planning committee will be set up to distribute posters for re cruiting new comers. A Bridge-O party is an event held at the end of each semester. Money from the previous term is used to buy prizes. This gives ev eryone, including members of the beginners, the intermediates, and the advanced classes, a phance to play together. Man Falls 55 Feet From Stadium Top Vernon Shaw, construction worker employed 1 in enlarging Kyle Field stadium, suffered critical injuries at 11:30 this morning when he fell from the top of the press box to . the ground, a distance of about 55 feet. The extent of his injuries could not be ascertained at press time, but he was said to have suffered a badly ci'ushed face and shoulder. Communists Will Keep Men Already On Trial Heat Resistant Cattle Line Developed Here A new technique which might prove useful jn selecting blood lines in domestic cattle with more ability to withstand hot Texas sum mers has been discovered by re search scientists at A&M. For many years Texas cattle men have sought to develop or dis cover cattle with this ability. Dr. H. O. Kunkel, Dr. Mary F. Futrell and David K. Stokes, in the departments of animal husban dry and biochemistry and nutrition at the college, have found chemical differences in blood which might be the key. While comparing factors in met abolism, which is the process of converting food into body-fuels, they found that cattle of tropical origin—such as the Indian brahman —have about twice the amount of a certain enzyme as do cattle of European descent. The enzyme is called alkaline phosphotase. It aids metabolism by breaking down organic phos phate. Cross-breds such as the Santa Gertrudis, Charbray and Charolaise show alkaline phosphotase in direct ratio to the bloodline of their breeding. Age and sex of the test animals —299 of them—showed little dif ference in breed comparison of the alkaline phosphotase content of the blood; but environmental factors did. The alkaline phosphotase factor is among those handed down from parent to off-spring, so that simp le tests—Dr. Kunkel and his as sistants can run about 60 samples in an afternoon—should aid in se lecting a bull whose off-spring will better stand Texas heat. “We’re not paying that the alka line phosphatase factor offers a definite key,” Dr. Kunkle says, “But the parallel phenomena seem too closely related .fp have no sig nificance whatever^’ 4-1 & National Production i Associations Decentralize The National Production Asso ciations now have complete control of their associations—its operation has been decentralized and is run by its own president and board members. This message was brought to the statewide meeting of the Produc tion Associations of Texas meeting at A&M Aug. 9-12, by C. H. Mat thews of Eagle Lake, member of the National PCA Committee. More than 275 attended the meeting. 275 to 290 Billion Dulles Blasted For ‘Blackmailing’ TOKYO (Thursday) — LTh — Peiping radio Thursday claimed the Geneva Convention governing treatment of war prisoners gives the Communists thd right to hold American and other Allied war prisoners awaiting Communist trial or already serving prison sentences. The Red broadcast, heard in Tokyo, lambasted Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and accused him of “blackmail” in declaring Wednesday the United States would take retal iatory steps if the Reds refuse to hand over all U. N. pris oners. Meanwhile, the Allies and the Communists exchanged prisoners for the ninth time Thursday. Fifty Americans, fifty British and 100 South Koreans, looking reasonably healthy, returned to freedom in the first half of Thursday’s exchange. The schedule called for twenty-five more Americans, twenty-five more British and 150 South Koreans to return by the time the hourly deliv eries are completed. The Peiping broadcast, heard in Tokyo, was the first Communist reaction to United States Secretary of State Dulles’ warning Tuesday that the U.N. command would not return Chinese and North Korean captives convicted of crimes “until we know the attitude of the Com munists toward ours.” The propaganda broadcast as serted: “Prisoners of war against whom criminal proceedings for an indict able offense are pending or who have already been convicted should be dealth with in accordance with the provisions of the Geneva con vention.” Replying to Dulles’ contention that withholding of prisoners would violate the armistice agreement, Peiping said “throughout the provi sions of the armistice agreement there is not a single point which approximates the American claim. On the contrary this claim is in contravention of the Geneva con vention.” Peiping claimed the CeneAm con vention provides that prisoners “against whom criminal proceed ings for an indictable offense are pending may be detained until the end of such proceedings, and, if necessary, until the completion of the punishment. The same shall apply to prisoners of war already convicted for an indictable offense.” In Washington Stat Department officials pointed out that while the Geneva convention has certain complicated provisions regarding the retention of prisoners of war, the armistice agreement signed with the Communists oA^errides them. The officials also noted that neither the United States nor the Korean and Chinese Communists (See REDS WILL KEEP, Page 3) Wright Gets Doctorate At Penn Stale STATE COLLEGE, Pa.—(Spl.) The Pennsylvania State College Saturday conferred degrees on 347 graduates. Among the degrees awarded by Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, president of the College, were 153 bachelor degrees and 194 advanced degrees, including 81 master of education, 20 doctor of education, and 18 doc tor of philosophy degrees. Welcome E. Wright, of College Station, received his doctorate de gree in industrial arts. The Commencement speaker, Dr. Raymon Kistler, president of Beav er College, Jenkintown, told the graduates that each of them “is prepared to live a life Avhich will make a real contribution to the better world we hope for in the tomorrows.” Dr. Kistler rfrged each to leave Penn State with “a new sense of your own importance and a neAV confidence in your faith” since too many people have lost faith in themselves. The graduation marked the close of the Main Summer Session pro- gram at Penn State. Ike’s Proposal to Boost Debt Limit Met With Opposition from Texans By TEX EASLEY AP Special Washington Service WASHINGTON— hP> —Although President Eisenhower’s stalled re quest that the national debt limit be boosted from -275 billion dol lars to 290 billions is of course a national problem, it’s one on Avhich Texans have keen feelings. It’s the first major proposal from Eisenhower that has run into overwhelming opposition in the Texas congressional delegation. The bill passed the House despite their votes but is now tied up in the Senate. Bills remain alive during a two- year Congress and action taken during the first session doesn’t have to be repeated. House mem bers won’t have to vote on the issue again unless the Senate next session passes the measure with amendments which necessitate fur ther consideration. Sen. Price Daniel, Avhen the pro posal reached Capitol Hill, issued a statement opposing the debt ceiling increase and Sen. Lyndon Johnson called it “startling,” com ing just as Congress was getting ready to adjourn. Johnson said it would require a lot of serious study. Here’s how Texans voted when the House approved the legislation 239—158: FOR — Lucas, Mahon, Poage, Rayburn. Against—Bent- son, Brooks, Burleson, Dowdy, Fisher, Gentry, Ikard, Patman, Rogers, Teague, Thomas, Thomp son, Thornberry, Wilson. NOT VOTING — Dies, Kilday, Regan, Lyle. Before the vote on passage the House 225—173, rejected a'motion to send the bill back to committee with instructions it be amended to limit the 290 billion ceiling to a period lasting only from Aug. 1, 1953 to Dec. 31, 1954. On that vote Lucas, Mahon and Poage join ed with the 14 other Texas mem bers (those opposing passage) in voting to recommit the legislation. Only Rayburn voted against re committal. Federal Aid Sought Expected to get active considera tion next session is a pi-oposal by Waco’s Congressman W. R. (Bob) Poage that the government aid the states — or community agencies Avithin the states—in development of, small dams and reservoirs on the rapper reaches of streams and rivers. The Administration has approv ed his proposal in principal, al though similar legislation bearing the name of Republican legislators has been introduced (the majority party customarily takes the credit for sponsorsliip of bills). “Floods never originate on large streams,” says Poage. “Floods have their origin in fields and pas tures which feed the headwater creeks.” Judgeship Bill /Marks Time Caught in the legislative jam at the end of the session was an om nibus fedei’al judgeship bill. It now' is tied up in a conference of Senate and House members seek ing to iron out differences. The measure would include a new fedei'al judge for the Eastern District of Texas and would make permanent the temporary judge- ship in the Southern District. Still another piece of legislation of vital interest to Texas was left hanging when Congress adjourned is the proposed change in the cot ton acreage quota law. Unless Congress takes new ac tion, the prospective quotas on the 1954 cotton crop will be based on the acreage planted in cotton in the 1947 to 1953 period, except ing 1949. That’s the existing for mula and is favored by cotton growers in most of Texas except the Rio Grande Valley and some areas in far West Texas. But growers who have gone into cotton production for the first time since the outbreak of the Korean war favor a West-South compromise proposal, embodied in pending leg islation, which would stipulate that no state could be cut more than 29% percent of 1952 standings. The compromise bill also would set national cotton acreage in 1954 at 22% million acres, plus 166,000 additional acres to be used in west ern states that would normally be cut more than the 29% percent. The Westerners first wanted a law setting the past three years as the basis for the expected al lotments but later agreed to the compromise. The national congress passed the bill and was signed by the presi dent, Matthews declared. The as sociation is run by a president and a 12-man board, all of whom are agriculturists. All-time High The number of cattle on the farms and ranches of Texas is at an all-time high, the PCA was told by W. J. McAnelly, president, Fed eral Intermediate Credit Bank of Houston. Speaking at the closing session, he said that there must be a production slow-down or prices will go lower. “We should do ev erything possible to take care of our own problems without calling on the federal government for help.” Panels in charge of J. B. Cham bers, Jr., of Harlingen and Frank Shearer, Marfa, discussed what the PCA is trying to accomplish by field visits and inspections and Avhy aren’t the associations serving more farmers and ranchers. Science comes to your aid, was discussed by A. H. Walker, Exten sion Range specialist and R. C. Potts, A&M professor of agronomy. Dr. J. C. Miller, head of A&M’s animal husbandry department, dis cussed the livestock angle. A discussion on veterinary med icine was in charge of Dr. I. B. Boughton, dean of the school of Veterinary Medicine. Tuesday Sessions Leaders W. D. Partlow, director Beau mont PCA; Julius Brune, director, Brenham PCA; J. B. Chambers, Jr., director, Valley PCA and J. C. Emmert, director, Memphis PCA, chaired the Tuesday sessions. Dr. Virgil Lee, president of the Production Credit Corporation of Houston, was chairman at the ban quet session Tuesday night at which time a movie, “Production Credit Does the Job” was shown. A tour of A&M facilities was made Wednesday morning to close the meeting. The tour was in charge of Ben Cook, assistant to the dean of agriculture. Plenty Ducats Available For Football Plenty of tickets are still avail able to A&M’s home games this fall Avith the exception of the Texas game according to Pat Dial, busi ness manager of athletics. Texas game tickets will be lim ited to two per person to those who have not already purchased Turkey Day ducats. There is no limit on the other three home games with Houston, Baylor and SMU. Persons who make applications for these tickets prior to Sept. 1 will be able to get better seats, Dial said. After Sept. 1, the tickets will be sold across the counter. To bene fit the Bryan-College Station pa trons the athletic office will remain open throughout the noon hour, Dial announced. Twenty-year options in the new west side stands are still available at the athletic office. Purchasers of these $50 options entitle the buy er to a 30-yard line seat or better for the next 20 years. A&M’s attractive home slate in cludes Houston Sept. 26 at 8 p.m., Baylor, Oct. 24; SMU, Nov. 7 and Texas Nov. 26. The latter three games will start at 2 o’clock. Industrial Course Set for September The third annual Industrial De velopment Conference will be held at A&M Sept. 3-4. The conference will be held in the Memorial Stu dent Center.