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■>**vim*'»**"> Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent Of Local Residents Number 106: Volume 53 PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1953 Published By A&M Students For 75 Years Price Five Cents News Flashes 20 Soldiers Are Drowned When Boat Overturns FT. BRAGG, N.C.—Twenty soldiers, many of whom could not swim, drowned within sight of com rades on shore here yesterday when a training boat capsized in a reservation lake. The post public in formation office said late last night it still did not know how maT>y men were aboard. Only two of the survivors were hospitalized. Neither was in serious condition. # # * FREEDOM VILLAGE—The first American Sabre jet pilot shot down in Korea was returned by the Reds today. He reported Russian troops were participating in the Korean War as long ago as De cember 1950. , # # * SHIRAZ, Iran—A special envoy from Shah Mo hammed Reza Pahlevi—backed by a show of force— apparently has averted a revolt by the powerful Ghashghaies tribe and staved off an invasion threat to this historic Iranian city. * * * BOHN, Germany—Four million of West Ger many’s youth girded today to battle Communist in vaders threatening to upset their nation’s crucial parliamentary elections Sunday. Police have nabbed over 7,000 sabotage-bent toughs from the Soviet East zone, but the influx continued unabated. # # # MONTGOMERY, Ala.—A nurse who poisoned the infant niece she had insured for $5,500, then calmnly watched the body cut open for an autopsy, dies in the electric chair tonight unless Gov. Gordon Persons intervenes. If she pays the penalty, 55- year-old Mrs. Earle Dennison will be the frist white woman ever electrocuted in Alabama. * # # SEOUL—A South Korean Army General said ^ today Maj. Gen. William Dean w'as expected to be 7 released by the Communists within a day or two. V * * # WASHINGTON—The government announced today allotment of $23,400,000 to continue present aid to Iran, as distinct from the special financial backing being prepared for its new anti-Communist government. # * * TOKYO—Maritime authorities reported today new volcanic explosions on the Myojin Reefs 200 miles south of Tokyo. The reefs were formed last September in the explosion of an undersea volcano. Freshmen Causes Census Interesting Facts By RAYMOND HOLBROOK Associated Press Staff While lacking- the zip and zest of a Kinsey report, the Census Bu reau’s 250-page study of population characteristics of Texas turns up some interesting facts on the peo ple called Texans. And if those 250 pages of de tailed tabulations prove nothing else, they show that Texans, even when interpolated and correlated into cold statistics, are individual ists that can’t be wrapped up into a ' simple little package marked “Typical Texan.” Some Texans get an early start in life. Take for instance, heads of households. They may not be old enough to legally drive a car, but in 1950 there were 230 boys and 60 girls between the ages of 10 and 14 who were the heads of their own households. And among the 14-year-olds, there were 300 married men, an other 100 who were widowed and another 65 divorced. Among 14- year-old girls, there were 625 mar ried, another 25 widowed and an other 30 divorced. That represents a sharp rise into martimonial ventures over 1940 when there were only 84 married, three widowed and two divorced boys among the 14-year-olds. The 1940 census showed only 331 mar ried 14-year-old girls, 12 widowed and five divorced. Other Texans live a long time. There were 435 Texans 100 years or more in age in the last census. In between were lots of Texans —a total of 7,685,665 in fact— in assorted shapes, sizes, sexes, and colors. And they live all over Texas but mostly they ai’e city dwellers. More than half—4,817,550—live in urban areas, towns and cities of more than 2,500 population. Another 1,578,635 are rural nonfarm, which means they live in small towns or out in the country but don’t do any farming, and only 1,289,480 are considered rural farm. Public school officials already know this, but the biggest age group in the state are those six years old who are getting ready to start school this fall. Back in 1950 when tHe.icensus was taken- it was the threg-year-olds—now the six-year-olds—from the bumper baby crop of the post war era that constituted the largest single age group — 122,435 of them. The median age of all Texans is 27.9 years. But for urban areas it’s 28.1, for the rural nonfarm areas 26.5, and 28.6 for the rural farm. Dallas folks are the oldest of the big city dwellers with a median age of 31 years. At Fort Worth it’s 30 years, at Houston 29.3 and San Antonio 27.2. The decade 1940-1950 was one of great victory for women in Texas. Trailing in 1940 by a count of 3,193,721 to 3,221,103, they forged ahead in ten years, 3,846,546 to 3,839,200, to become the dominant sex. Extra Dormitory Open in Legion Gets Set For Floor Fight On Air Force Cut ST. LOUIS, Sept. 3 — <A>) — A floor fight over the Eisenhower administration’s five billion dollar Air Force budget cut shaped up today as American Legionnaires headed for the windup of their na tional convention. Col. Roscoe Turner, chairman of the legion’s Aeronautics Commit tee, served notice he plans a finsh fight on the issue when he charged last night his committee's report CUBS FUSS FOR BOTTLES, REFUSE MEAT—Mrs. Mike Palermo and daughter, Mrs. V. F. Mascari are raising two of three lion cubs born at the Houston zoo, for pets. The babies, which still refuse, meat, are well-behaved so far, but they get fussy when hungry for their milk. They take two eight-ounce bottles each, three times ,a day. Small Texas Towns Lose Post Offices Training Begins For Cadet Officers Commanders of freshman units together with their top commis sioned and non-commissioned offi cers today started a special nine day leadership course. A similar program for leaders of the First and Second Regiments will begin Sept. 9 and last for three days. Both courses are designed to teach the upperclassmen their du ties and how the college is opex-a- ted. College and ROTC officials will act as instructors. The uppei'classmen are being housed ip the rooms they will oc cupy during the first semester. By Tex Easley WASHINGTON, <A>)—Some small Texas communities with colorful names are losing their post offices —and others may be in line- fox'' the same fate. The closings are part of the gov ernment's overhead of fourth-class post offices to improve sexvice and trim expenses. Ferverit protests have come from Hamlets and villages >vith colorful names or historic backgrounds. They feel their identity will fade away if they no longer can see let ters go out bearing a hometown postrpark. Between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30 the post office department will have abandoned 13 Texas post offices, including: . . Birthright, where postal x'eceipts last year totaled $225 while the postmaster’s salary was $979; Cut- hand, which took in $232 while $848 went back out of the U.S. Ti'eas- ury to the postmaster, and Provi dent City, with x-eceipts of $225 and a postmaster di’awing $848. These five wei’e oi - dex - ed closed by Aug. 15; Morrill, receipts $165, salary $685; Buenavista, $210 and $848;' Bland, $256 and $979; Ma- choyec (a thii’d class office), $1,528 and $2,883; Darco (figures unavail able.) Others due to be closed by the end pf .September, with x’eceipts and salax-y: Lusk, $255 and $979; Angus, $482 and $1,441; Hunter, $93 and $326; Ibex, $89 and $326;- King, $262 and $979. ’ Post - office officials emphasize that improvement of service is the No. 1 factor considei’ed in deciding whether to close a fourth-class post office—all of them onerate at a ('See POST OFFICES, Page 4) MSC Undergoes Summer Touch-Up The MSC spent approximately $2500 for renovations during the 72 hour period when it was. closed following the second semester of summer* school. The snack bar and kitchen were completely renovated. The bxick walls in the snack bar were re touched and buffed, and the plaster walls were repainted. criticizing the cuts had been “emasculated and bottled up” by the Secuidty Committee of the leg ion. Turner said in a statement he wanted to see whether the dele gates should decide legion policies, or whether they should be settled by “the pronouncements of a few legionnaires, past legion officers and px*esent public office holders.” He declined to identify the men he meant by that. The Security Committee yester day cut out all inference to a 143- wing Air Force recommended by Turner’s committee. 1 Tnstead it called for “the best possible Air Force.” Turner’s committee had passed a resolution calling for re-estab lishment of a 143-wing force. It was cut back to 120 by the budget reduction. Legionnaires hear a six-month progress report on the Defense Department from Secretary of De fense Charles E. Wilson today. Walter Reuther, president of the CIO, was also scheduled to speak, marking the fix*st time a CIO pres ident has appeai'ed before a na tional legion convention. Also on tap was the election of national officei’s. The campaign headquarters of Arthur J. Con nell, Middletown, Conn., claimed yesterday he is assured of election as the next national commander. Lawrence J. Fenlon of Chicago, who has been generally mentioned with Connell as a leading candi date for the post, has declined to predict the outcome of the elec tion. The legionnaires heard Secretary ct State John Foster Dulles warn Red China yestei'day that it might pi ovoke a war between itself and (See CONVENTION, Page 4) Delegation From A&M Visits 23 Aggie Clubs In Southwest A delegation of top A&M offi- Included in all ot* part of the cials has just completed an air tour meetings wex*e Harold Dunn, ’22, visit with 23 A&M clubs. during Amarillo; Dr. M. T. Harrington, July and August. ’22, Chancellor of the state-wide The officials covered Texas and A&M system; Dx - . David H. Mor- parts of Louisiana, traveling more gan, who recently assumed the col- than 8,000 miles by air to inform lege pi’esidency; W. L. Penberthy, former students and friends of the Dean of Men. College concerning college and As- Col Joe E. Davis, ’29, Comman- sociation affairs. dant; Barlow Irvin, ’26, Dii’ector of Athletics; Ray George, football coach; Mike Machalske, line coach; Willie Zapalac, ’43 freshman coach; C. L. Babcock, ’20 Beaumont, pres ident of the Aggie Club; E. E. Mc- Quillen ’20, Texas A&M Develop ment Fund director; and Dick Her- vey, ’42, Former Students’ Asso ciation secretary. Each of the visiting officials spoke on his pai’ticular field of ac tivity at the programs. Oppor tunity Award Scholarship Cei’tifi- TOUR BY PLANE—These men were the main body of a group of A&M men who recently toured the state of Texas and parts of Louisiana making speeches to various clubs con nected with Aggieland. They are (1. to r.) W. L. Penberthy, dean of men; Harold Dunn,' president of the Former Students’ Association; Dick Hervey, secretary of the FSA; Bar- low (Bones) Irvin, athletic director; Dr. M. T. Harrington, chancellor of the A&M Sys tem ; E. E. McQuillen, director of the development fund; and David H. Morgan, presi dent of the college* ' Western Union To Relocate In MSC The Western Union telegraph of fice soon will be housed in the Me morial Student Center. Presently located in the second floor of the Exchange Store, the new counter will arrive in about 90 days, and will be placed in the same ai*e with the telephone center in the MSC. “This will provide another ser vice for the students as well as vis itors to the MSC,” said Wayne Stax*k, director of the Centex*. The MSC is px*oviding for the in stallations of the counter for Wes- tex*n Union, but the telegraph com pany will repay the Center on a long-term rental basis. cates wex*e px*esented at many of the meetings to young men who will enter the College in September through this px*ogram. The tour, offex*ed a chance for A&M men to become acquainted with newly appointed President Morgan, as well as with new mem bers of the coaching staff. Clubs visited dux*ing July includ ed Galveston, Baytown, Houston, Deep East Texas, Shx*eveport, Wichita Falls, Tidple M. Corpus Chxdsti and Lower Rio Grande Val ley. In the second week of August the group attended meetings at San Angelo, El Paso, Lubbock, Dallas, and McKinney. Completing the tour were meet ings at Abilene, Poi’t Arthur, Beau mont and Lufkin. Dunn, pxesident of the Former Students’ Association, provided the aix*plane for the trip. Risinger Wins $300 Scholarship Milton Risinger won a $300 schol arship at the national judging con test in Chicago when he placed as high man in the nation in judging sheep. Enrolled in the vetei’inary school this past summer, Risinger plans to ietui*n for the fall semester and work for his degree here. The scholarship was presented to Risinger by his judging coach Assistant County Agent Louis P. Amsler. Risinger is from Reli ance. Officials Await 300 Increase 1 In Freshmen An increase in the number of fi’eshmen, that has required open ing an extra dormitory for their use, starts arriving today for a week of college and military oi*i- entation. The Registrars Office expects over 1800 new students to housed by to- moi*row night. This is almost a 300 freshmen increase over last year’s Septembex* enrollment. Law and Puryear Halls, used last year by non-corps students will house freshmen. Milner Hall again will be used in addition to the reg- xilar Freshmen Housing Area. Leg gett Hall, which housed freshmen last year, will be opened to non corps students. Law and Puryear The opening of Law and Puryear to freshmen has added an extra dorm for their housing which has not been , needed before. In addition to the freshmen, 38 Basic Division transfer students are expected to enroll this year. The Basic Division administers stu dents who have not i-eached sopho- moi*e status. A total of 170 ad vanced transfer students also is expected. This will hike the estimated new strident enrollment to 2083. Last yeax*’s figure was 1846. All freshmen are supposed to be on the campus by 8 a.m. tomorrow when they will pay their fees in the MSC and get room assign ments. They will register for coux*- ses Sept. 11, one day before the upperclassmen arrive. Cadet Corps Between these dates they will re ceive instruction on college, cadet corps and ROTC policies. Fresh men also will take a series of vo cational and aptitude tests and at tend a Sunday open house in the MSC. Uniforms will also be supplied during the week. College and ROTC officials together with student leaders will speak to the new stxx- dents on various phases of campus life. Freshmen may leave the campus for the weekend stax-ting Sept. 12. They must be back at schopl by 8:45 p.m. Sept. 13 to pi*epare for classes the next day. WHEATHEART OF THE NA TION—Miss Jimmalene Richard- soxx of Dumas was crowned 1953 “Wheatheart of the Nation,” in the seventh annual beauty con test held at Perx*ytown.