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To 90 Per Cent
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Number 168; Volume 58
Battali
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Published By
A&M Students
For 75 Years
COLLEGE STATION (Agrgieiand), Texas, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1953
Price Five Cents
JOYOUS TIDINGS—Christmas carolers sing- carols at the Memorial Student Center.
About 50 people gathered Wednesday night to participate in the singdng, which was led
by Lamar Ashley and sponsored by the MSC house committee.
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Col. E. E. Sauer, chief of A&M’s
army basic division, will retire
from the army Dec. .31.
Stationed at A&M for three and
a half years, Sauer has been sen
ior quartermaster instructor and
executive officer of the military
science and tactics division.
Sauer said his future residence
is unknown.
Sauer was born in Louisville,
Ky., in 1900. He was graduated
from Indiana university in 1922
with a bachelor of science degree,
and was commissioned a second
lieutenant in the infantry.
He received a LL.B. degree from
Jefferson School of Law in Louis
ville.
Most of Sauer’s career w a s
served, in the infantry. He was a
member of the first armored div
ision in the 0th armored infantry,
and later became that unit’s execu
tive officer.
Ball To Go
On Holiday
Schedule
The Battalion will be pub
lished only four times during
the Christmas holidays.
Next, week The Battalion
will be published on Tuesday
and Wednesday, to give the
entire staff a holiday on
Christmas Eve. The paper will
he delivered on Tuesday and
Thursday.
The regular holiday schedule
of Tuesday and Thursday will
be observed during the second
week. Daily publication will
re sqm e Jan. 5.
Carl Jobe, manager of stu
dent publications, and Bill
Turner, assistant manager of
student publications, will be
in charge of the holiday issues.
Student Senate
Hears Committees
Committee reports and the pro
blems of the campus security of
fice at A&M were discussed by the
student senate last night.
The senate lacked threje members
of having a quorum, so no busi
ness could be conducted.
Some of the senators have left
the campus for the holidays and
others were not informed of the
meeting because the agendas were
not sent out, said Ide Trotter,
president of the senate.
Carroll Phillips reported on the
last Student Life committee meet
ing and Larry Hoffmann reported
on an investigation of financing
seated banquets for visiting col
lege student governments.
Bel ire
Dec. 31
He holds two battle stars for
his services in Europe during
World War 11. In 1944, he was
transfered to the quartermaster
corps.
He served with that unit for
one and a half years, then came to
to A&M as a member of the gener
al staff in the office of Army
Comptroller in Washington.
Sauer has been in the regular
army since 1947. He is married,
to the former Miss Virginia Zapp
of Louisville, Ky.
Residents
Asked t» Save
Electricity
Residents of College Sta
tion have been asked to con
serve electricity over the "two-
week holiday beginning to
morrow.
The main turbine, at the plant
will be checked and cleaned, and
only “stand-by” equipment will be
in use during the next two weeks.
M. T. Harrington, chancellor of
the A&M system, said there will
be plenty of power for the city if
people will avoid needless use of
electric units.
If the load on the temporary
equipment gets too heavy, he said,
a section of the city will have to
he cut off.
Harrington said this will not be
necessary if citizens of College
Station and employes using college
buildings will avoid excessive use
of electricity.
Two Killed
In Crash
Yesterday
Two Bryan AFB pilots were
killed yesterday in a T-33 jet
trainer crash two miles north
of Navasota.
Dead are Capt. David A.
Harte jr. of 82S Enfield, Bryan,
and avaiation cadet Leon S. Mur
phy of Elma, loAva.
The pilots were on a routine
flight when the plane developed
trouble at aproximately 8:50 a. m.
The plane appeai’ed to be out of
control just before making an
emergency landing, according to
witnesses.
The wreckage burned. Cause of
the accident is unknown and an
official investigation is pending.
This was the first accident at
Bryan AFB since Nov. 1. October
was the second safest month in
the base’s history, the base’s in
formation office said.
Harte is survived by his wife,
Myrtle, and two children, a seven
year old girl and one year old boy.
He was a B-17 pilot in World War
TT with 21 missions over Europe.
He holds the Air Medal and three
clusters.
Employees lo Hear
Singing Cadets
The Singing Cadets will sing
tonight at the annual Employes
Christmas dinner.
After the dinner the choral
group is invited to President
David H. Morgan’s home for an in
formal get-together.
The Cadets will lead the group
in singing carols on the President’s
lawn around the Christmas tree.
Debators to Compete
For Out-of-State Tour
Army, Air Force Fighl
To Tie in I2t.ii Man Bowl
Teams Play Before
Crowd of
The army and the air force battled to a scoreless tie
Thursday afternoon on Kyle field in the second annual 12th
Man Bowl football game, played before an estimated 3,500
fans.
Outweighed but not outfought, the air force was put
deep in a hole early in the first quarter when Jake Magee’s
punt was blocked and the army recovered on the air force 17.
Four running plays gave army a first down on the air
force 7, and it looked like army would move to an early score
The air force braced, however, and four more running
plays carried to the air force 2, where they took over on
downs.
Working the ball out to*
their 16, air force sent Magee
back to punt, and he booted
to the 43.
After Bob Sanders picked
up nine from that point on a blast
over right tackle, an army lateral
went awry and air force recovered
the fumble on their 26.
Several plays later, the quarter
ended with army in possession of
the ball at midfield.
Former Aggie Martin
Receives Commission
Samuel H. Martin, A&M former
student, received a commission as
second lieutenant in the air force
at Greenville AFB, Miss., Wednes
day.
Martin, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel H. Martin jr. of Texas
City attended A&M two years,
majoring in business and advertis
ing.
A debate contest will be held
Jan. 9 to pick thi’ee students who
will represent A&M in an out-of-
state debate tour.
The tour is being planned for
between semesters. It may be held
at colleges in New York, Wash-
Weather Today
COLD
Cold tonight and tomorrow with
occasional light rain and consid
erable cloudiness today and to
morrow. High yesterday 54. Low
this morning 43.
ington, D. C., Maryland and
Pennsylvania. Debators here will
be picked from members of the
A&M debate club.
Hold Debates
They will hold debates among
themselves on Jan. 9. The three
best debators will go on the trip.
In case there are any ties, another
elimination will be held later, said
Vic Wiening debate club counsel
or. Arrangements for the tour
will be made during the Chujptmas
holidays. ~
John Ebbs, debate club sponsor,
said that if arrangements could
not be made in time for the eastern
tour that another trip could be
planned for later next semester.
Jerry Bennett, co-editor of The
Battalion will accompany the de
bators.
The debate club members have
been divided into eight two-man
teams for the Jan. 9 elimination.
Opposing Teams
Opposing teams ai'e Rick Black
and John Samuels vs. Ken Hall
and Ken Scott: John Chapman and
Dick McGown vs. Page Morgan
and Bud Whitney; Charles Briggs
and John Wilson vs. Vanis Red
man and Dave Bowers; Alan Soefje
and Tyree Hardy vs. Lee Bradley
and Joe Dotson.
Last year debate club members
toured colleges in the middle west.
Magee Punts 54 Yards
Punting from his own 10 late in
the second period, Magee got off
a beauty which carried 54 yards to
the army .36, and after army tried
to run out the clock on running
plays, air force took over on downs
on army’s 47 and air force offered
their first real scoring threat of
the game.
Magee passed to James Denard
for 4 yards, then hit Muid Bishop
with an 18 yard toss to put the
ball on the army 25. Another Ma
gee pass to Bishop carried to the
army 9, but Charles Shreve inter
cepted Magee’s next toss as the
first half ended.
Robert Smith kicked off for air
force ip open the second half, and
Dale Topperwein took it on the 5
and ran it out to the 23.
Sanders teamed with Topperwein
to move the ball to the army 45,
but the air force pounced on a
Sanders fumble on the army 45.
Denard hit army’s idght tackle
for 4, then Magee picked up 8 on
a keeper to move the ball to the
.3.3. Dave Wilms skirted right end
for two, a Magee lateral to David
Rochelle added two more, but an
incomplete pass and a running
play failed to gain yardage, and
army took over on their own .30.
Army Reaches AF 14
Late in the final period, ainny
utilized an intercepted pass on the
air foi'ce 45 to drive down to the
air force 14 before their running
attack bogged down.
On fourth down and nine to go
for a first, army tided a field goal,
but the attempt was partially
blocked and the ball rolled into the
end zone for an automatic touch-
back.
Taking over on their own 20, the
air force mixed a running and pass
ing game to move 69 yards in 7
plays to almost snatch victory in
the fading seconds of a great de
fensive battle.
From the air force 20, Rochelle
picked up 2 yards on a drive up
the middle and Frank Peterson ad
ded another yard over right guard.
Magee on a keeper galloped out
to the 3.3 for a first, with 1:25 left
in the game.
After Rochelle had picked up
five yards, Smith’s pass to Gail
Pruitt was incomplete, stopping
the clock with 40 seconds left.
Smith again passed to Pruitt,
who carried the ball to the Army
49, where air force called time with
30 seconds remaining.
Magee shook loose from army
defenders on the next play and
took a pass from Rochelle on the
Army 25 and ran it down to the
11, but time ran out as Magee
faded back and was smothered on
the army 19 as the game ended.
Santa Claus
ToGiveCandy
To Youngsters
Santa Claus wi 11 give out
packages of candy of young
sters at the annual College
Station Commuity Christmas
program to be held from 7-8
p. m. Christmas Eve in the
A&M Consolidated school
cafeteria.
A large turnout is expected
for the program, said Ralph
Rogers, recreation council
chairman. Bob Skrabanek is in
chai’ge of general arrange
ments and Mrs. Walter Dela-
plane is in charge of the pi'o-
gram.
The Recreation c o u n c i I
sponsors the program.
Hall and Heady
Kidnappers Die
In Gas Chamber
Rifle Team Wins
Over Arlington
The A&M Rifle Team, undefeat
ed this year, and winner of the
Southwest Rifle Association, up
held its perfect record Thursday,
Dec. 17, by defating Arlington
State College at Arlington.
The Aggie team was composed
of Fred Galley, Dan Grissom, Guy
Andrews, David Allen, Sidney Fer-
rell, and Howard Mims. Andrews
was high scorer for the Aggies
with a score of 282. The Aggies’
aggregate team score was 1382 to
Arlington’s 1535.
By LARRY HALL
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—OP)—
Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie
Brown Heady died together in the
gas chamber early today for the
kidnap slaying of 6-year-old Bobby
Greenlease, still talking calmly
to each other as the deadly fumes
rolled up around their faces.
Just before he was taken into
the gas tank at the Missouri State
pi'ison. Hall, the ,34-year-old heir
to a $200,000 fortune, puffed on a
cigarette. He passed it to Mrs.
Heady, his 41-year-old paramour,
for a puff as they talked for the
last time.
When they were strapped into
the chairs, Mrs. Heady asked Hal
“Are you doing all right, hon
ey?”
“Yes, Mama,” Hall replied.
The prison was quiet as the pair
went to their deaths. Seven de
gree cold kept the crowd outside at
a minimum.
Close Security
Elaborate security precautions
had been made, with extra guards
and highway patrolmen brought in
for the execution. But the extra
men were not needed. There was
no outburst from the 2,500 convicts.
As the parade of witnesses fol
lowed the death cars down to the
gas chamber, one convict shouted
from his cell: “Pour it on ’em.”
Warden Ralph N, Eidson, who
tripped the lever which sent cya
nide gas curling around the faces
of the kidnapers in a white cloud,
said the pair had been “just as
normal as they could be” since they
emmYd' -thP' prison Nov.- 80,—
The Rev. George L. Evans Epis
copal rector Prom Kansas City,
Kan., who was Hall’s spiritual ad
visor, said both prisoners were
“absolutely and completely recon
ciled” to death.
“They are pi’epared to meet Al
mighty God,” he said after pray
ing- with them in the death cham
ber.
Neither of the kidnapers showed
any outward signs of fear although
Hall breathed deeply while being
strapped into the death chair. The
chamber door clanged shut on them
at 12:04 a.m.
Thii-ty seconds later Warden Eid
son tripped the lever which drop
ped cyanide powder into two jars
of sulphuric acid beneath the death
chairs.
White fumes rose around the
couple. Hall took a big gulp as
the fumes hit his face but Mrs.
Heady appeared to hold her breath
for an instant.
Heads Jerk
Their heads jerked back. There
were a few convulsive movements.
Both were unconscious almost sit
once.
At 12:12 a.m. Hall was dead.
Mrs. Heady kept breathing for an
other 2 minutes and 10 seconds.
One of the prison doctors, C.
Donald Shull, said her breathing
lasted longer than any person he
had ever seen die in the chamber.
The only representative of little
Bobby Greenlease’s family present
was Norbert S. O'Neill, Kansas
City business associate of the
child’s multimillionaire father.
O’Neill was one of the men who
negotiated with the kidnapers and
dropped a record $600,000 ransom
near a bridge east of Kansas City
Oct. 4.
“I came down here,” O’Neill said
after the execution, “to keep faith
with a vow I made several weeks
ago. I don't like to see people
die, but these people deserved to
(See KIDNAPPERS, Page 4.)
Film Society Shows
Flynn Movie Jan, 8
The A&M Film Society will
show “They Died With Their Roots
On” on Jan. 8 instead of Jan. 1 as
originally announced.
The show will start at 7:30 p.m.
in the Memorial Student Center
ballroom.
It features Errol Flynn and Ol
ivia deHavilland, stars of “The
Charge of the Light Brigade”
which the film society recently
screened.
Cadet Slouch
by Earle
Poultry Team
Honored for Win
The national championship A&M
Poultry Judging team was honored
in Houston recently by Uncle
Johnny Feed Mills.
Bill Archer, chairman of the
board of directors of the feed com
pany, presented the team members
with gold keys.
The keys were engraved on the
back, “National Team Champion
Poultry Judging Contest 1953.”
Membei’s of the team are
Chai’ley Kamerdiener, Alton Fuchs,
Eugene Rozacky and Jim New
man, altei'nate.
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