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COLLEGE SlA'iION (Aggieland), liiiXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1954
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24 Marines Drown
In Naval Smash
By JIM BECKER
INCHON, Korea— OP) —Twenty-
four U, S, Marines drowned today
when a troopship loaded with Chi
nese war prisoners rammed and
overturned their small landing
craft.
It was thr third costliest naval
disaster of the Korean theater.
28 Rescued
The Navy said 28 men were res
cued from the chill waters of In
chon harbor minutes after the col
lision between a big Formosa-
bound LSI 1 landing ship, tank and
an LOM landing craft, medium.
The men, brought here from the
3rd Marine Division in Japan as
guards for the Chinese, were com
bat-loaded with heavy boots, packs,
helmets, rifles and winter uniforms.
Sank Quickly
They sank quickly in the icy,
choppy waters of Inchon’s outer
harbor after the big LST rammed
their smaller LCM, rolled it on its
side, and hurled overboard the 48
Marines aboard and the boat’s
crew of four.
Rescue boats reaching the scene
moments later rescued 24 strug
gling Marines and the crew of two
American, soldiers and two Koreans.
By dusk, only five bodies had
been recovered and the search for
39 other missing Marines was call
ed off.
The accident occurred when the
LCM crossed the bow of the big
Newcomers Play
Bridge, Canasta
0 The Newcomers club met yester
day at the home of Mrs, Joe Davis
for bridge and canasta.
Mrs. T, W. Leland, chairman of
the Polio drive for the city clubs,
spoke on the Mothers March,
Prize winners at bridge were
Mrs, W. G, Kammlade, high, and
Mrs, J. P. Barlow, low.
Canasta, winners were Mrs, Hen
ry Rakoff, high, and. Mrs, H, S
Thigpen, low.
Hostesses for the meeting were
Mrs. Donald King and Mrs. Kamm
lade.
Rand Wives Plan
Party for Tuesday
A covered dish supper to be held
fit 7 pun. next Tuesday was the
V>pic of discussion at the last
meeting' of the Band wives club.
At this meeting, held Tuesday
at the home of Thelma Zak, the
members decided on the Dense!
park cabin as the place and danc
ing and games for the activities.
The next meeting of the club
will be on February 2 at the home
of Mrs. E. V. Adams. Officers
for the spring term will be elected
at that time.
Weather Today
Brrrrrr—
Light freezing drizzle today and
tonight with moderate north winds.
Sleet tonight with a low of 19 or
20. More tomorrow. Low this
morning 25. High yesterday 81.
Temperature at 11 a.m. 27.
LST, loaded with 1,000 Chinese
prisoners returned to the U. N.
command by Indian custodian
troops yesterday. The LST was
reported manned by a Japanese
crew,
20 Dead
'Toll of the naval tragedy was
surpassed in the Korean theater
only by the 30 dead in a turret
explosion aboard the cruiser St.
Paul April 21, 1952, and by the loss
of 26 men when the minesweeper
Walke struck a mine off Wonsan
harbor June 12, 1^951.
Marine Helmsman
The Marine helmsman of the
LCM told Associated Press Cor
respondent Robert Eunson he was
trying to bring his craft alongside
the LST so the Marine guard de
tachment could board.
He is Pfc. John D. Gates Jr. of
Pensacola, Fla.
The Navy ordered an immediate
inquiry.
Meel Held To
Discuss Drive
lor Polio Fund
Representatives from over
20 College Station clubs met
Friday in the home of Mrs.
T. W. Leland to discuss meth
ods of promoting the March
of Dimes,
William McCulley, Brazos county
chairman of the drive spoke to the
group and discussed various an
gles of solicitation.
Also attending the meeting was
Mrs, John V. Perry, chairman of
the College Station drive for this
year.
In a letter to ail the College
Station clubs, Mrs, Leland who is
in charge of the, drive among city
clubs', asked each grbup to aid the
Brazos county chapter of the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis.
She asked each group to do one
of three things. The letter said,
“Could you assign money from
your treasury to the polio fund?
Could you give a benefit? Could
you dedicate money that would be
spent on food or amusement for
the polio fund?”
She also emphasized the need
for money for this year’s drive.
Before the discussion Mrs. Le
land invited the guests in for tea.
Mrs. Perry presided at the tea
service.
Price Five Cents
TO PERFORM AT DANCE—Camillo Kennedy and Jimmy
Boswell will do exhibition dancing for the March of Dimes
dance to be held in Sbisa hall Tuesday.
Banco Set
March of
To Aid
Dimes
Two of the top dance teams of pers is Chairman of publicity and
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the southwest, Jimmy Boswell and
Cammille Kennedy and Nita and
Manning Smith, will do exhibition
dancing for the annual March of
Dimes benefit dance next Tuesday
evening in Sbisa Hall,
The dance will be sponsored by
the Promenaders and Golden Slip
pers, square dance clubs of the
College Station-Bryan area, Cecil
Hopson and his orchestra will play
for the dance,
Roy Wingren, president of the
Prcptnenaders, and. Frank Deason,
president of the Golden Slippers,
are extending a personal invitation
to everyone to participate in the
dance. Admission will be a dona
tion to the March of Dimes,
Manning Smith, one of the lead
ing square dance instructors and
callers of the Southwest, will emcee
the dance. He will be assisted by
other callers of this area.
The chairman of the foods com
mittee is Mrs. H. E, Hampton of
the Promenaders and co-chairman
is Miss Rosemary Burroughs of the
Golden Slippers.
Dance chairman is Mrs. Lola
Thompson of the Promenaders and
the co-chainnan is Mrs. Sam Ken
nedy of the Golden Slippers.
A. B. Cook of the. Golden Slip-
:
Eddie Waggoner of the Promena-
dors is acting as co-chairman.
“Whether you come to dance or
just to watch the others do the
do-si-do, we want you to come.
There will be refreshments' and
good time for all,” Mrs, Lola
Thompson urged, “We hope to
raise a record-breaking amount for
the March of Dimes” she added,.
Nita and Manning Smith will
perform some of their special dance
number and routines.
Air Power
Coffee Held
For Mothers
March Heads
A mobilization coffee for the
captains and lieutenants for the
Mother’s March on Polio was held
in the home of Mrs. John V. Perry
at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Guest of honor was Mrs. John J.
Sperry, chairman of the March last
year. Mrs. Sperry poured at the
silver service. William McCulley,
head of the March of Dimes for
this year spoke at the coffee.
The captains for the March are
Mrs. J. D. Lindsay, Mrs. E. E.
Brown, Mrs. W. G. Breazeale, Mts.
J. B. Baty and Mrs. J. N. Holm-
green.
The lieutenants are Mrs. David
Fitch, Mrs. Heritage, Mrs. Dan Po
land, Mrs. W. B. Flowers, Mrs. W.
A. Welch, Mrs. Darrow Hooper,
Mrs. Alton Boyette, Mrs. Liverman,
Mrs. A. L. Barrack, Mrs. Raymond
Rogers, Mrs. Spike White, Mrs.
Les Richardson, and Mrs. M, N.
Griffin.
Methodist Class Picks
Gossetts President
J. W. and Betty Gossett were
elected president of the Kum Dubl
class for married couples at the
A&M Methodist church last Sun
day,
Also chosen were Lane and Eliz
abeth Fletcher, vice president; Nor
man and Marge Flados, secretary-
treasurer; and David and Kathy
Rainey and Bob and Jo Lutzy, rec
reation co-chairmen.
Lutherans Resin
C hureh Building
A contract for a new church chitecture department, and Frank
building for Our Savior’s Lutheran Lawyer, professor in the depaid-
church was let at a meeting of the ment, designed the church,
church building committee last The cost of construction will be
night to the R, B. Butler Construe- approximately $60,000 without the
tion company of Bryan. furnishings, according to Rev.
Ground breaking services will be Thomas H. Swygert, pastor of the
conducted at 10:45 Sunday morn- church.
ing by the congregation. Construc
tion will begin Monday,
Ernest Langford, head of the ar-
The modern steel structure,
which is expected to be completed
by June 1, will be inclosed with
panels of brick and cathedral glass.
A steel cross has been integrated
into the structure immediately be
hind the altar and will be visible
from the outside as well as from
within.
The auditorium will have a seat
ing capacity of 265 persons.
The building committee members
are G. E. Jaehne, chairman; Mrs.
E. J. Fuchs, secretary; Dr. Henry
Hadley; Jesse Heine; L. J. Tolle;
and Rev. Swygert.
Trustees of the congregation are
Harold Sorenson, chairman, E. J.
Fuchs, and Heine.
NEW CHURCH—Our Savior’s Lutheran church members will break ground Sunday at
the corner of Main and Cross streets for this new church building. The contemporary de
sign building will have a seating capacity of 265.
Milam Comity Gets
A&M Mothers Club
A Milam county A&M Mothers
club was organized Tuesday by a
group of Brazos county mothers.
Mrs. E. C. Klipple, Mrs. Fred
Weick, Mrs. R. M. Sherwood and
Mrs. A. C. Magee met with the
group in Cameron, and Mrs. Klip
ple installed officers for the group.
The meeting was held in the
home of Mrs. Leo Fuchs. Mrs. Ma
gee, president of the Brazos county
club and Mrs. Weick, Hospital
Committee chairman, gave brief
talks on organization of the local
A&M Mothers club.
Mrs. Sherwood represented the
State Extension chairman.
WASHINGTON — UP) — President Eisenhower recom
mended today a $37,575,000,000 military outlay for the next
fiscal year, with a shift in emphasis from foot soldiery to a
“full exploitation of air power and modern weapons.”
The spending budget he proposed to Congress for the
Defense Department is about four billion dollars less than
that estimated for the current year, which ends June 30.
Eisenhower said the budget is based on a “new concept
for our national security program.”
A substantial part of the savings obviously would come
in manpower, particularly Army manpower. The budget
figures reflect an over-all reduction of about 8.7 per cent in
manpower for all the armed forces. Army personnel would
be reduced by 17.3 per cent, and three divisions would be
dropped from the present 20.
Against the cutback in strength
of the Army, in which Eisenhower
was a five-star general, there was
the President’s emphatic advocacy
of greater power in the air.
. He said the Air Fm - ce, Navy
and Marine Corps now have, among
them, about 33,000 planes. During
the next three years, he said, this
will be increased to 40,000, more
than half of them jets. Twenty-two
per cent of defense expenditures
in the new fiscal year would go to
airplane procurement.
The 1955 fiscal year program,
the President wrote, “calls for im
proving combat effectiveness by
the application of new weapons
and new techniques, including full
realization of our nuclear capabil
ities, and provides for the rapid
and orderly phasing of programs
to improve continental defense
against possible enemy attack.”
He continued:
“Last summer I told the Amer
ican people that ‘the Soviets now
have the capability of atomic at
tack upon us, and such capability
will increase with the passage of
time. I made this statement short
ly after it was established that the
Soviet Union had successfully de
tonated a thermonuclear hydrogen
device which, is successfully con
verted into an offensive weapon
and if exploded over our American
cities, would be capable of effect
ing unprecedented destruction. . .
“Our military planners and those
of the other nations of the free
world agree ^s to the importance
of air power. But air forces must
be complemented with land forces,
amphibious forces, antisubmarine
warfore forces, and fighting ships.”
As outlined by a Defense De
partment spokesman, here is the
way the budget for the year be
ginning next July 1 will relate to
that policy:
Manpower for the armed serv
ices—Now about 3,400,000; will be
3,328,000 by next June 30 and 3,-
037,000 at the end of June 1955,
Plans Set Here
For Modern
Funeral Home
A $75,000 modernistic fu
neral home designed to give
the College Station - Bryan
area complete funeral and
emergency service will be op
ened here soon by Mr. and Mrs.
Manly W. Jones.
A completely air conditioned Ro
man brick and white rock building,
the home will be located at 3001
College Ave, and Delwood,
T h e Callaway - Jones Funeral
Rectors, Inc., specializes in emer
gency aid, and will operate two
fully equipped ambulances for this
purpose.
The emergency car and invalid
coach will arrive before next week
end, Jones said. Ambulance service
will be given before the formal
opening of the home.
Insurance to persons one day to
90 years old also will be offered
by the home, Jones said.
Bids on the building will be sub
mitted to contractors next week,
he said. The date of the formal
opening of the home will be an
nounced later.
Jones is president and general
manager of the corporation and his
wife is funeral director. Their
sons, Manly W. jr. and Raymond,
are stockholders.
Jones has had over 20 years ex
perience in all phases of funeral
direction in both small towns and
cities.
The Jones’ have been residents
of College Station for three
months, and reside at the above
residence. Manly jr. is a junior
at Stephen F. Austin high school,
and Raymond is a senior business
major at A&M.
Bizzell Dormitory
To Bet Sidewalks
Two sidewalks and a new roof
discharge line will improve the
landscape around Bizzell hall.
“We are having two walks laid
at Bizzell, one that will continue
from the front of Goodwin hall par
allel to Militai’y Walk, and the oth
er will run diagonally beside Biz
zell towards the Memorial Student
Center”, explained W. H. Badgett,
Manager of Physical Plants.
' The discharge pipe from the Biz-
zel roof is in the process of being
laid. “This new pipe which will
empty into the sewer line will im
prove the drainage of the land
scape,” Badgett added.
These jobs are being done in ac
cordance with the contract with the
same company that laid the side
walks in front of the Academic
Budding.
“Workers have been hampered
by the wet weather lately, but as
soon as the weather clears up, the
jobs should be completed within a
short time,” Badgett concluded.
Wife of Aggie Ex
Speaks To AVMA
Mrs. Jerry Bell, wife of Dr. B.
D. Bell, ’53, was the guest speak
er of the AVMA Auxiliary at a
meeting last night in the Memor
ial Student Center.
Her subject was “Helping Your
Husband to Establish a Practice”.
Mrs. Dollie Griffin assumed the
duties of president for the spring
semester. Outgoing president is
Mrs. Vita Berger.
Newly elected officers are Mrs.
Robbie Sims, president-elect; Mrs.
Lou Valghn, vice-president; Mrs.
Hallie Desmukes, secretary; Mrs.
Evelyn Kleb, treasurer; Mrs. Mar
garet Springer, parliamentarian;
Mrs. Jo Rene Holms, correspond
ing secretary; and Mrs. Darnell
Besch, reporter.
JAPAN LIKES WESTERNS
M A N I L A— <JP) —Banzai, Roy
Rogers.
Alfred E. Daff, president of Uni
versal International Films, and
Milton Racknill, president of Uni
versal Pictures, said during a re
cent visit here that Japan imports
more Hollywood motion pictures
than any other Far East country.
And what type are the best sell
ers? Westerns.
Woman Freed for ‘Murder’ Which Didn’t Happen
By ED OLSEN
AP Feature Writer
CARSON CITY, Nev. — CP) _
Dark-haired Emma Jo Johnson is
“not angry at anyone” for sending
her to prison for murder—a mur
der which the Nevada Board of
Pardons now says never was com
mitted.
Emma Jo, 35, was ordered freed
yesterday after 2 years, 8 months
and 28 days behind bars as a re
sult of a year-long, $15 ; 0Q0 inves
tigation by mystery story author
Erie Stanley Gardner and others.
The board accepted doctors’
findings that Mrs. Jane Jones, 72,
of Las Vegas died of a brain
tumor—not as a result of an as
serted attack by Emma Jo.
Emma Jo’s troubles started in
early May 1951 when she called at
the home of her former landlady,
Mrs. Jones, for mail.
At the trial, the state said the
two women got mto a fight and
Emma Jo beat Mrs. Jones so se
verely that a resulting blood clot
caused the. older woman’s death
two weeks later.
Emma Jo testified she only
grabbed Mi’s. Jones by her braids
in self-defense and Mrs. Jones
slumped to the floor unconscious.
The jury convicted Emma Jo of
second degree murder; sentence,
10 to 12 years.
Author Gardner, who also is a
successful attorney,- went to work
on the case about a year ago as a
result of a letter from Jack Wen-
gert, 44, Emma Jo’s fiancee.
Gardner, pathologist Le Moyne
Snyder of Michigan and Dr. R. B.
H. Gradwohl of St. Louis became
convinced that Mrs. Jones was
not murdered, but died of a brain
tumor.
In the long, expensive investiga
tion, they found Dr. T. V. Nendick,
Las Vegas physiotherapist, ' to
whom Mrs. Jones had gone the
day before the altercation.
Dr. Nendick said Mrs. Jones was
dying of the brain tumor and
needed immediate surgery. He
was not called to testify at Emma
Jo’s trial, although he said he sent
the defense attorney an andnymous
letter. The lawyer said the letter
came on the final day of the trial
and he was unable to substantiate
it. The case was not appealed.
In ordering Mrs. Johnson’s sen
tence commuted to time served,
the pardons board made no ob
servation on whether she should
have been charged with a lesser
crime.
Emma Jo was philosophical:
“I’m not angry at anyone—I’m just
so grateful that somebody came to
my rescue. Pm not bitter. The
district attorney, the judge and the
jury did their job as they felt it
should be done.”
Although free, Emma Jo stayed
st the prison last night waiting
for Wengert, who has waited for
her for almost three years.
Wengert, a Las Vegas chef, and
Emma Jo were to have been mar
ried in 1951 after she divorced
Navy man Russell Johnson.
“Just as soon as I can I’m going
to marry Jack,” the emotion-choked
Mrs. Johnson told reporters.
“Jack is the most faithful and
loyal human that God ever put
breath into. He has Worked hard
all this time and contributed every
dime he made to help ihe,”