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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
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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.