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(' Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent Of Local Residents Number 108: Volume 53 The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (A^gieland), Texas, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1953 Published By A&M Students For 75 Years Price Five Cents News of the World US Told to Quit UN If China Admitted TAIPEH, Formosa—Sen. William F. Knowland, U. S. senate ma jority leader from California, said today it would be a betrayal of Korean casualties “to welcome the murderer Red China” into the United Nations. Knowland, on a fact-find tour of the Far East, told a news conference he would press for the United States to quit the U.N. if Red China is admitted. ^ if HOLLYWOOD—Crooner Dick Haymes’ estranged wife says he’ll be a bigamist if he goes ahead with reported plans to get a quick Nevada divorce and mary actress Rita Hay worth this month. ★ ★ ★ MUNCAN—The Communists today accused the Allies of faking a list of missing U. N. soldiers, mistreating war prisoners and kidnaping a Pole who fled a truce supervisory team into American sanctuary. The Reds unloaded, this barrage as the Korean armistice moved rapidly into a new phase—the disposal of Red and Allied prisoners who 1'efuse to return to their homelands. ★ ★ ★ CAMP GIFU, Japan—Cpl. T. C. Kimler and Pvt. S. E. Upton of the 9th Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, were injured by bullets fired by Japanese policemen wearing civilian clothes in nearby Naka-Jo last night, a Marine spokesman said today. ★ ★ ★ * NELSON, B.C.—Seventy-one women and 77 men in the Doukhobor tent village of Polatka were arrested last night for parading in the nude in protest to orders that their children attend public schools. if if if WALLA WALLA, Wash.—Eight hundred state peniten tiary inmates followed a half million dollar prison fire last night with call-wrecking disorders that were quelled only after guards sprayed their quarters with tear gas three times. ★ ★ ★ NEW DELHI—A petite French dressmaker and a Swiss missionary turned inountain climber have conquered 23,410-foot Nun Kun peak in Kashmir, according to reports reaching here today. Mrs. Claude Kogan, 34, of Nice, France, and 27-year-old Pierre Viddoz reached the nimmit Aug. 28, the report said. ★ ★ ★ PUSAN, Korea—The United Nations Prisoner Command reported today five anti-Communist North Korean prisoners were beaten, one fatally, in a “nonpolitical” feud among 77 internees en route to the demilitarized zone. ★ ★ ★ BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A federal grand jui'y has indicted seven white farmers on charges of holding Negroes in slavery and beating them. One Negro man who tried to run away allegedly died as the result of a whipping. ★ ★ ★ CAIRO, Egypt—Former Queen Narriman has filed suit for divorce and asked $14,350 a month alimony from exiled ex- King Farouk, 33. 'At 'At Ac TOKYO—Maj. David F. MacGhee of Tampa, Fla., said today he heard while in Communist captivity that the Reds plan to intern 22 American fliers in Manchuria “until the United States recognizes Red China.” ★ ★ ★ MIAMI, Fla—A tropical hurricane with winds up to 100 miles per hour boiled up in the Atlantic today, posing a threat to the Bahamas islands and the Florida coast. The new-born hurricane, fourth of the season, was churning toward the northwest or north-northwest at about six miles per hour. ★ ★ ★ NICOSIA, Cyprus—An earthquake rocked the Paphos district of this British island off the southern coast of Turkey tbSay. Polibb said about 30 persons were killed and 100 injured in various villages'. ★ ★ ★ OSLO, Norway—The newspaper Aftenposten reported today that a 19-year-old Norweigian girl gave birth to quad ruplets last weekend and that two of the babies—Siamese twins—died shortly after birth. ★ ★ ★ TRIN, Italy—Lex (Tarzan) Barker and his newest mate, Lana Turner, set off for a secret honeymoon spot today—reportedly the Isle of Capri. Before departing they sent her daughter and his two sons, all three by previous marriages, to visit friends in Paris. 4 Some Always Believe In Use Of Board’—Morgan BANG!—Miss Paula Lane, of Cleburne, will represent the Lone Star state as Miss Texas in the national Miss America contest at Atlantic City this week end. Thompson, Hudson Win High Honors Don D. Thompson, Temple, and Andrew C. Hudson, Alpine, sen iors in agricultural economics, won high honors at national stu dent section meeting of the Amer ican Farm Economics association held in Corvallis, Oregon. Thompson was elected national vice-president and Hudson editor of the organization national pub lication. Thompson and Hudson won third place as a debate team, discussing farm policy. The two men represented the Agricultural Economics club of the agricultural economics and sociol ogy departments. Thompson will be president and Hudson secretary- treasurer of the club this year. Old Man Mose says: “IT’S TERRIFIC and IT'S HEADIN' YOUR WAY!” WHAT IS? Why, Al Capp's hilarious, cyclonic comic, LI'L ABNER! STARTS TUESDAY IN THE BATTALION Li’l Abner Returns To Battalion Tuesday By BOB HENDRY Battalion Feature Editor Li’l Abner was 19 years old when he was bom 19 years ago and he has stayed the same ever since. And still at 19, Li’l Abner re turns to The Battalion Tuesday. Created in 1934 by cartoonist Al Capp, Li’l Abner is probably the most famous hillbilly in all Amer ica. Since all of Capp’s cartoon characters aie created in some one’s likeness, it is not surprising Abner is Capp himself. Gets Idea Capp claims he got the idea of his comic strip while listening to a radio blaring from a courtyard in New York City’s Greenwich Vil lage. “I love mountain music, good old mountain music, played by a real hillbilly band,” rasped the radio, and Li’l Abner was born. Keeping Li’l Abner an idiot for his 19 years of life, Capp had to give the lad something, so he gave him a wife, Daisy Mae. Daisy was inspii-ed by movie actress Ve ronica Lake who was at the peak of her career at that time. And, as might be expected, it wasn’t too many panels later until the couple became the parents of a bouncing baby who bounced down the kitchen drain. Battalion readers will join the Yokum family somewhere around this point. Draws Features Capp got his background for Li’l Abner while wandering through the hill country of Geor gia, Kentucky and Tennessee. But the features of Li’l Abner himself can be attributed to Kentucky. While traveling in that state, Capp decided to draw a portrait for one of the mountaineers. He caricatured his own head and the hillbilly’s body. The mountaineer refused to accept it. Capp then traveled to New York where he became a cartoonist for the Associated Press. While there, he drew a comic strip and became the youngest nationally syndicat ed cartoonist in the country. Worst in Country This strip, however, gained the reputation of being the worst in the country and it was soon discon tinued. Soon afterwards, Capp became assistant to Chester Gould, creator of Dick Tracy. Gould and Capp had such violent disagreements that Capp quit and, later, stai’ted his satire on Tracy, Fearless Fos- dick, which is combined in his Li’l Abner strip. Then came Greenwich and suc- Jerry Bennett Resigns Corps Staff Position Cadet Lt. Col. Jerry Bennett, Fort Worth, has resigned from the corps staff. He would have been corps pub lic information officer and G-2. Bennett, who is co-editor of The Battalion, said he didn’t feel ca pable of holding both jobs at one time. Nine Airmen Await Rescue After Crash LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. OP)—Nine airmen, a blistering day and a chilly night on the desert behind them, awaited rescue today, nearly 20 hours after bailing from their damaged plane. They fell into desert terrain so rugged that two ground rescue convoys were forced to turn back. The Air Force now plans to use a helicopter to pick them up. Apparently none was injured after their four-engine K-C97 col lided with a B-47 while refueling in flight. The ships limped back safely, the Stratojet to Davis-Monthan Air Force base, Tucson, with its crew aboard and unhurt. The flying tanker’s pilot, Capt. F. F. Jenkinson, brought his plane down here. Its home base is Smoky Hill Air Force base, Sa- lina, Kan. The search for the ’chutists was taken up by 35 planes before a jet pilot sighted them “alive and appearing unhurt” near the remote southwestern Arizona town of Sun- dad. Their fires directed planes which dropped supplies during the night. Class Schedules Now Available Class schedule books are available in the regisfVar’s of fice. These books contain a list of the time when classes will be offered in courses for both the fall and spring semesters. They also list the final exam schedules for both semesters and contain a skeleton outline A of freshman courses which are required in the various schools. Directions for registration are listed in the front of the book. Hiccups Cause Man To Seek Treatment LOS ANGELES, Sept. 10—hi jack O’Leary, who has hiccuped at least once a second, night and day, for more than five years, is going to the Portland, Ore. Clinic late this month for treatment. His mother, Mrs. Margaret O’Leary, has said that Jack, 27, has not been feeling well the past month and has complained of feel ing “smothered.” Jack, who weighed 135 pounds before his appendix ruptured June 13, 1948, is down to 77 pounds. He is unable to retain food longer than an hour and cannot sleep longer than an hour at a time. Family Affair Ends With Two In Jail BALTIMORE, Sept. 10 — (A 5 ) — Until police arrived, the fight be tween Donald Nash, 24, and his cousin, Louis Jackson, 16, was strictly a family affair. Louis was on the ground when the cops showed up but got up to help when Donald waded into the officers, proclaiming, “I’m a para- ti'ooper and I can lick anybody.” Both wound up in police court charged with assaulting the police men. Executive Board Of Mothers Club To Meet Saturday The executive board of the fed eration of A&M Mother’s clubs will meet at 11 a.m. Saturday in the social room of the Memorial Student Center. Mrs. Gus Becker, Mirando City, is federation president. The meet ing will deal with plans for the coming year. Presidents of local mother’s clubs will be present. President Outlines Leaders’ Qualities “We have a few students and some former students who will continue to believe that the board and other forms of hazing are necessary to produce ‘a good Aggie’.’’ Dr. David H. Morgan, president of the college, made this statement during his speech on leadership before a group of cadet officers during yesterday’s 9 a.m. orientation session in the ballroom of the Memorial Student Center. Even though this belief is contrary, Dr. Morgan said, to the state law, the regulations of the college, the teachings of psychiatry and psychology, the principles of our democracy, *the beliefs of our religion, certain individuals continue to Reserved Seats For Town Hall Not Available No reserved seat tickets will be available when Town Hall concert series tickets go on sale Sept. 11. The selection committee for the series has announced that since concei-ts will be held in the new physical education building, no re served seats will be sold. Non-students and students will use general admission tickets and seating at concerts will be on a first-corn e-first-served basis. “We have observed this system of seating at other universities with a large auditorium and every one seems to get about the seat they want,” C. G. (Spike) White, assistant dean of men for student activities, said. All tickets will go on sale Sept. 11 at registration and then will be on sale at the office of student ac tivities after Sept. 14. Non-stu dent season tickets will cost $6.50. Individual performance tickets will be $2.00. Tomorrow Is Last Chance For Tickets The last chance to buy tick ets for the A&M-Kentucky football game will be tomor row. Tickets for the game, to be held at Lexington, Ky., Sept. 19, will go off sale here at 5 p.m. Friday. They are on sale at the ath letic office, at $3.80 each. Two hundred tickets have been sold so far. think that the board is neces sary to produce a good Aggie. He said there are certain fundamental differences between democratic and autocratic leader ship which he would like to bring out. Leadership in America is based on persuasion rather than on force, which, unfoitunately, is used in other countries, he said. Based On Education “Leadership in our country is based on education rather than on propaganda. We can maintain our position in the world only through our superiority in education since we do not have superiority in numbers.” Dr. Morgan outlined 10 points of leadership which he considered most important: 1. Physical and nervous energy must be possessed by the leader. He must be ever on the alert not to permit his feelings at the mo ment to influence the decision that he must make. 2. The leader must possess a sense of purpose and direction. His ob jectives must be desired 7iot only by himself but by those to whom he is responsible. 3. Enthusiasm. He must be “sold” on the activity under way if it is to be meaningful and if he is to benefit from it. 4. He must be friendly . . . in terested in the men under him. He should be on the alert to recognize outstanding performance of an in dividual. Cites Story Dr. Morgan cited a story which a former student told him to illus trate his fourth point. The former student arrived on the campus some years back. He had not eaten on the train and was hungry and tired. An upperclass man recognized the newcomer’s plight, and took him to the mess hall. After the boy had eaten, the up perclassman took the new student around and introduced him to some of his friends. Dr. Morgan pointed out that the (See LEADER, Page 6) More Freed Prisoners Return Home ‘ SAN FRANCISCO—(A*)—Anoth er 422 American repatriates re turned home yesterday from long imprisonments in Communist pris on stockades in Korea. Several hundred relatives and friends cheered their arrival on the navy transport Gen. John Pope—- fifth repatriation ship to dock at Ft. Mason in the past two weeks. The Marine Phoenix, carrying 374 more ex-prisoners, is sfcited to dock Sunday, the Military Sea Transport service said. Yestei day’s returnees said at least two so-called “progressives” —Americans whom fellow prison ers said cooperated with the Com munists in prison camp — were beaten aboard the Pope. Cpl. Harold W. Beerbower of Saegerstown, Pa., said about 10 “pros” wei’e aboard the Pope and they were segregated after the beatings, which occurred the first day out of Inchon, Korea. His account was supported by Pfc. Thomas M. Caroland Jr. of Cedar Hill, Tenn. Caroland said one of the beaten men was “just a jerk who was afraid,” but he called the other “a real rat who spied for the Reds and got several Americans tor tured.” Poage Says PMA : Forsakes Farmers TEMPLE, Sept. 10_(^>)—Repre sentative W. R. Poage, Waco, cen sured the Production and Market ing Agency today over acreage allotments, claiming the agency was not fighting the farmer’s battle. In a meeting attended by West Texas cotton and wheat farmers, Poage said that one million acres normally planted to cotton were lost during the drought in 1952 and ’53. If the PMA, in setting up allot ments for next year, only takes into consideration actual crop acre age planted this year every county in the state will lose its pro rate share of acreage, he said. Poage stressed that the PMA must take the farmers’ figure on acreage prepared for planting. “You are the most direct repre sentative the farmers have,” he told H. H. Marshall, representing the PMA at the meeting, “and the PMA has a duty to the farmers of Texas and the nation. It is your obligation to fight the farm er’s battle,” said Poage. News Briefs George Speaks in Houston COACH RAY GEORGE and the football staff will speak to the Houston A&M club Saturday on A&M football prospects for the coming year. He will speak at a dinner in the Orchid Room of the Alabama Catering Co. at 8 p.m. * * * KUNNENKERI John Koratha, graduate student from Travancore state, India, has accepted a teach ing fellowship in zoology at the University of California at Los Angeles. Koratha completed two years of work to receive his mas ter’s degree here while on an in ternational scholarship offered by the Nansen fund of Houston. * * * ROY' CLOUD of Kerns, agricul- tural extension specialist, has ar rived in Pakistan to join the tech nical cooperation mission of the Foreign Operations Administra tion. Cloud, who holds a BS de gree from A&M, has been voca tional agriculture teacher at Roan oke and Kerns independent school districts. * * * PROF. J. K. RIGGS of the ani mal husbandry department will judge beef cattle at the Central East Texas fair at Marshall, Sept. 8-9. Riggs is in charge of beef cattle at the college. * * * THE TURKEY short course, Sept. 7-11, got under way here Monday morning. Thirty are ex pected to attend the course, ses sions of which are being held at the Reid laboratory at the poultry farm. It is sponsored by the poultry husbandry department. * * * MILTON RISINGER, Reliance, an A&M veterinary medicine stu dent, recently won a $300 scholar ship by placing first in sheep judging at the national judging contest in Chicago. Louis P. Am- sler, assistant Brazos county agent, presented the scholarship. * * * THE HOUSTON AGGIE Ding bat, publication of the Houston A&M club, is back in business again. The publication was sus pended because of lack of funds. Former students in Houston donat ed money to keep the newsletter going. It is circulated to more than 3,000 students and former students. EXPECTED YIELD for cotton in the Brazos bottom this year is three-quarters of a bale to an acre, which is considered a good overall average. Pest problems have been lighter this year than in the past. The bollworm has been giving farmers a little trouble, but the boll weevil has been light. * * * COLLEGE STATION will be represented today, Wednesday and Thursday along with 17 other Tex as cities at a three-day emergency mass feeding course at Fort Hood. The course is sponsored by the Federal Defense administration and is designed to teach mass feed ing methods in time of disaster. Purification, waste disposal, sani tation, food serving and decontam ination methods will be taught. * * * THE B’NOI B’RITH Hi lie! Building organization was incor porated here Monday by Billy B. Goldberg and Herbert Levy with the approval of Howard Carney, Texas secretary of state. The con- cern was incorporated for 50 yearli for religious purposes. .