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Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent Of Local Residents Battalion Published By A&M Students For 75 Years PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 132 Volume 53 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), Texas, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1953 Price Five Cents y News Flashes New York Mayor Ruled Off Ballot By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK—Mayor Vincent R. Impellitteri has been ruled off the ballot for the Nov. 3 mayoral election because he failed to file enough valid signatures to his nominating . petitions as an independent candidate. ^ ★ ST. LOUIS—Police Lt. Louis Shoulders returned to se clusion today after a seven-hour question-answer with his su periors as the key witness in the investigation of possible irregularities in police handling of the Greenlease kidnap slaying. It was Shoulders who arrested Carl Austin Hall, the confessed kidnap-killer of (i-year-old Bobby Greenlease, on Oct. 6 and recovered about $293,000 in ransom cash. 'A' lAr NEW YORK—The body of Michael Brogan, 49, longshore hiring boss who vanished almost two weeks ago, was recov ered from the Hudson River. Friends said they feared foul play when he disappeared Sept. 20 during the battle for union supremacy between the International Longshoreman’s Assn, and the ILA-AFL. ★ ★ ★ BERLIN—Dr. Walter Schreiber, leader of the conserva tive minority on West Berlin’s City council, was elected mayor ► of this Soviet-encircled city today. He succeeds the late Ernst Reuter, a Socialist. ★ ★ ★ ATHENS—A series of strong earth tremors rocked the already quake-stricken islands in the Ionian Sea, in the Peloponnesus area and along Greece’s west coast last night. PHILADELPHIA—Fire swept through the main build ing of the Presbyterian Home for Widows and Single Women yesterday, forcing 200 elderly women—some of them bed ridden—to flee to safety. None was injured. 'tc PHILADELPHIA—The Teachers Union of Philadelphia has branded as unconstitutional an investigation by the House Un-American Activities Committee into alleged infiltration - of Communists in city schoolteacher ranks. McALESTER, Okla.—Rep. Sam Rayburn (D-Tex) told 800, $5-a-plate Democrats here last night democracy in the * United States and the world is in its greatest danger in his tory. 'Ar ★ TOKYO—Diplomatic relations between Japan and Por tugal, suspended since the end of World War II, returned to normal today with an exchange of notes between Foreign Minister Katsuo Okazaki and Virgilio Armando Martins, Portuguese representative in Japan. > ★ ★ ★ TAMPA—A woman who said she didn’t want her child ren “to go to school with patched britches” has been sent to prison for 10 years for a $1,600 grocery store holdup. That is the minimum sentence for the robbery charge to which > Mrs. Loretta Manning, 27, pleaded guilty. DIRECTORY TYPISTS—Mrs. Norma Mayeaux (left) and Mrs. Laverne Greene finish up the typing for the student directories. The name lists are now being checked for ac curacy. The directory should be ready the third week in November, according to Carl Jobe, manager of student publications. ■ Freshman Area Plans Open House Parents and ghi friends of stu dents living in the cadet freshmen area can visit them Saturday in side their dormitory rooms. The freshmen area will hold open house. It’s the area’s second one Dr aft Test Urged For Corps Men Corps students are urged to take the draft deferment test in case they lose their military deferments. “Because draft deferment status is so upredietable, it might be a good idea for men in the Corps to take the test so they could still be exempt if their military defer ment is taken away,” said Dean John R. Bertrand of the Basic Division. Applications for the selective service test may be picked up in the Housing office. They must be turn ed in by Nov. 2. The test will be given in the MSC ballroom Nov. 19. Weather Today Aggieland *53s Arrive Monday Student Forum To Try For Famous Speakers The 1953 Aggielands will ar rive Monday and will be distribut ed from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. on the first floor of Goodwin hall. All students must pick up their oAvn annual and present their ID card when they do, said Carl Jobe, manager of student publications. There ■ will be three stations, divided among the letters of the alphabet. Stations will be A-G, H- O and P-Z. Students who were here the first semester last year and who paid student activity fees second semes ter last year can get their annual without any additional fee. Mid-semester students who paid their student activity fee will have to pay an additional 80 cents to re ceive an annual. Students who were in school in the fall fast year and were not in school in the spring will have to pay $3.70 to get an Aggieland: Students who were in school both semesters last year and did not pay the activity fee for the second semester will have to pay $6.70 to receive their annuals. Any student not enrolled in school last year who wants an an nual will have to pay $7.50. Mailing will start at the end of next week for students who want annuals sent home. A mailing cost of 50 cents will be charged. Wilson Recovering From Operation Gerald C. Wilson, freshman from Coleman, is recovering from an emergency appendectomy perform ed at the college hospital early Saturday morning. He is “doing wonderfully”, ac cording to hospital authorities. They did not know when he would be able to leave the hospitaL Dr. J. E. Marsh, college doctor, performed the operation, assisted by Dr. L. O. Wilkerson and Dr. J. E. Marsh Jr. Wilson left here Friday after noon with his room mate, John Scott, to spend the night in Frank lin. The two were going to leave for the Fort Worth corps trip early Saturday moming. The hospital notified his parents and they consented to the opera tion. AF Chief of Staff Is Possible Speaker The Memorial Student Center’s Student forum is taking steps to bring world famous figures to A&M for speaking engagements. MSC President John Samuels said the forum plans to start the speaker series next semester. However, Samuels said the speeches might start sooner. Fifteen avaiation auth orities will speak in Dallas Nov. 19. The Dallas Facts Forum will sponsor them. Samuels said the student forum would try to work with the Dallas group to bring some of the speakers here. These might include Gen Nathan B. Twining, air force chief of staff, U. S. Sen. Stuart Symington, the first secretary of the ♦•air force radio and TV star Arthur Godfrey. The student forum hopes to work with four groups to bring speakers here next year to discuss international relations. The four organizations are The Dallas Council of World Affairs, the great issues course and Stu dent forum of The University of Texas and The Dallas Facts Forum. These groups sponsor famous persons for talks on subjects of national and world interest. The MSC forum hopes to get speakers from these groups. The forum had scheduled Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam and Justice William O. Douglas this semester. Both had to cancel their engage ments, Samuals said. One purpose of the MSC Stu dent forum is to bring controversi al speakers on the campus. Their subjects also would be controver sial. Papi Top Welding ers Will Win $5,000 An engineering undergrad uate award plan worth $5,000 in cash prizes is being offer ed by the James F. Lincoln arc welding foundation. Under the plan, engineering undergraduates will compete for cash awards by submitting papers on the arc welded design of either a machine, machine component, struc tural part. Closing date for the contest is June 28, 1954. All Engineers Eligible Students in all branches of engi neering are eligible to compete in one of two separate divisions, mechanical or structural design. Thirty six duplicate awards worth $3,500 will be offered in each divi sion. Top prize in each division is $500. In addition to the awards offer ed in the two separate competi tions, three grand awards worth $1500 will be made to the three of the program papers chosen from the two divisions. Top Honor Top honors in the 1953 program went to two undergraduates in the civil engineering department of New York University. These co authors received $1250 for their paper describing a design for a welded continous curved girder highway bridge. Interested students can ge de tails from Howard W. Barlow, dean of engineering. PARTLY CLOUDY Cloudy with very widely scattei*- ed thundershowers today. Slightly cooler. High yesterday 85. this morning 70. Low of the year. The first was at the University of Houston game. Formerly dormitories were open ed to women only on Parents day. Dormitories Will Close Open house will start at 11:30 a. m. The dormitories will close during the football game. After the game they will be opened to all guests until 5:30 p. m. Dormitory 15 will have a new television (set installed in its lounge. Cadets recently have rede corated the lounge. Cadets are redecorating lounges in Walton and Puryear halls and dormitory 14. Work on these dormitories won’t be finished until the SMU game. Cadet Col. Vic Kennedy, said freshmen dormitories were being opened on football weekends to show parents they are welcome at A&M. Kennedy is freshmen area commander. To Show Parents Kennedy said another reason for the open house is to show parents improvements cadets have made on the dormitories. The freshmen area will hold open house every Saturday that A&M plays a home game. At Consolidated School Pet Show Set Monday Groneman Is Chairman For AVA Handbook Chris M. Groneman, head of the industrial education department, was chairman of the editorial com mittee on a new handbook publish ed by the American Vocational As sociation. The book, “A Guide To Improv ing Instruction In Industrial Arts”, will be the basic teaching guide for industrial arts teachers through out the United States. The new edition contains a chap ter on the objectives for industrial arts, design and basic resource materials for 12 different instruc tional areas. Several hundred pets are expect ed to compete in the annual A&M Consolidated school pet show at 7 p.m. Oct. 26 on the school football field. The show is a project of the Mother and Dads club of A&M Consolidated schools, the proceeds will go for extra equipment needed for the schools. There are six divisions, large short-haired thoroughbreds, large long-haired thoroughbreds, small long-haired thoroughbreds, small short-haired thoroughbreds, Heinz and miscellaneous. Sponsors of the prizes to be awarded for the dog show include Anne Elmquist of Bayard Ken nels, Dr. H. W. Cargill of Bryan Animal Hospital, and Mrs. Marga ret Gilkey of Gilkey Pet Cottage. The grand parade will start at 7:00 p.m., judging will start at 7:15. Madeley’s Pharmacy will donate a piize to be given on the most original entry in the parade. Concession stands open at 5:15 and registration at the gate begins at 5:30. • Jack T. Kent, general chairman, said tickets are going fast and if tickets are sold out, there will be more sold at the gate. Tickets cost 10 cents for children and 25 cents for adults. One student .each in the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grades who sells the most tickets will be awarded a prize. Programs will be distributed and each will contain a number. A number will be drawn during the show. A $15 door prize, donated by J. W. Sorenson Hardware Store, will be given to the lucky number holder and the person must be present. Committee men include Jack T. Kent, general chairman; T. L. Let- better, awai’ds; Nelson Durst, busi ness manager; Wayne Stark, con cessions; Herbert Thompson, en tertainment; Spike White, publici ty; Mrs. Eugene Rush, posters; J. K. Riggs, equipment; Charles Zahn, judging. J. W. Sorenson, parade and show ring; Lewis E. Davis, program; I. G. Adams, registrations; Don Ves tal, ring master; Howard Badgett ribbons; John McNeely, ticket sales; Mrs. Alfred Chalk, home made candy; Lloyd Joyce, auction eer; and Norman D. (Bud) Mat thews, clown Danforth Group is Accepting ( Applications Seniors who are interested in college teaching and plan to enter graduate school may make application for a grad uate fellowship from the Dan forth foundation of St. Louis, Mo. Applicants must be from the fields of natural sciences, social sciences, humanities or other specialized fields in nudergraduate schools Dean of the College J. P. Abbott will work with the Danforth foundation on the selection of candidates here. These appointr ments are primarily for the en couragement of the student. However, financial aid will be given if needed. Students with a Danforth fellowship may also hold other scholarships. Qualifications for a student who wishes to obtain a fellowship are superior intellectual ability, good health and emotional stability, a good personality and a concern for people, choice of teaching as a form of Christian service and deep and growing religious faith. Students with Danforth fellow ships will participate in the an nual Danforth Fundation confer ence on teaching at Camp Mini- wanca in Michigan next September. Peaceful End Seen For Wayne Trial By JAMES BACON Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES — (A 5 ) — Only John Wayne’s angry desire to have his own day in court stood today as a possible threat to a peaceful end Corps Trip ParadeResult Thrown Out No one will ever know which corps unit marched the best in last Saturday’s Fort Worth parade. The graders reports can’t be used. Here’s what happened. Cadets were placed along the street to grade each unit on its marching. Four graders didn’t turn in reports. Some reports showed grades for Squadron 8. But squadron 8 did not march in the parade. Cadet Operations Officer Roy Sullivan has decided it’s no use trying to count the grades. D J D* M T TLUWV; YOU’D 'U AKU tme: L.OS5 or YOUfc. COMTEJkCX m XM1S MMLMEC MR.. DOSE. / o Jawnwj*" to his divorce trial, already one of the nastiest in movie history. A surprise property settlement brought big smiles to the face of his Mexican wife, the former Es- pei’anza Baur. Its size was not dis closed, by court request, but ap parently it was enough to make her change her mind about a sep arate maintenance plea. Both she and her attorney said they were “very happy” with the abrupt settlement. It came late yesterday after a series of lengthy conferepces between both camps, with Superior Judge Allan Ash- burn acting as peacemaker. The case will be resumed next Wednesday, allowing both parties time to iron out settlement details. Legal observers, including one of the key figures in the conferences, expect the case to follow a famil iar pattern in divorce actions of this type. That means that the 31-year-old actress will change her plea of separate maintenance to divorce and that she will get it without contest. Only Wayne is reluctant at the moment. He feels that he should be given a chance to defend him self against shocking accusations of wife-beating, drunkenness and infidelity. Wayne, always solidly on the side of virtue in his screen roles, was distui’bed about the charges hurled during the trial. “The average American family dislikes to read this sort of stuff. God knows, I tried my best to pre vent it. I offered a big settlement, as good as she’ll ever get, before the trial got under way. I have four children that I would have given my right arm to protect from all this. “I never pretended to be a saint but an awful lot of lies were told about me and my friends.” Experiment Station Employes to Meet More than 340 Experiment Sta tion employes are meeting herd for a yearly staff conference. Leading agriculture experts from here and abroad will speak on various subjects dealing with agricultui-al problems. Jan Bonsma spoke yesterday on the influence of climate on animat production. He is principal officer in the Animal Husbandry Research department of the Union of South Africa.