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COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1954
Price 5 Cents
News Briefs
ALICE, Tex., March 24—OP)—Political Boss George
Parr last night was convicted of illegally carrying a gun
and fined $150 plus court costs. He paid the $150 fine and
$10 of the court costs from his billfold.
WASHINGTON, March 24—(TP)—Sen. Millikin (R-Colo) pre
dicted yesterday after a conference of all Republican senators that
efforts to cut the federal excise tax on autos and drop it from
household appliances will be beaten.
He said he expected the GOP members to be solid in opposition
to this effort sponsored by Sen. Douglas D-Ill and other Democrats.
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WASHINGTON, March 24—GP)-—The House Appropri
ations Committee yesterday recommended an additional 215
million dollars to pay for veterans’ compensation and pen
sions in the next three months, but ordered a closer check
on them.
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HOUSTON, March 24—(/P)—Operations of Trans-Texas Air
ways returned to normal Tuesday after eight Houston dispatchers
failed to report for work Monday night.
Company officials had said several flights were cancelled
because of the wage dispute walkout.
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HOBBS, N. M., March 24—OP)-—Two fires raged out
of control in Lea County oilfields last night.
Efforts to extinguish a fire burning for 11 days west
of Jal by exploding nitroglycerine failed yesterday.
A well 10 miles southwest of Hobbs, put out a week
ago in a nitro blast, caught fire again last night and was
still uncontrolled today.
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WOODSTOCK, Ill., March 24—(TP)—A Texan from Mnleshoe
admitted yesterday cleaning out lock, stock and barrel the home
of a man who was out of town.
Richard Blair, 30, more commonly known as “Tex” naturally,
said he posed as a new owner of the Joseph Stange home at
nearby Richmond, and then set about selling everything in the place.
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PEARL HARBOR, March 24—CP)—The Navy said last
night the Navy tanker Patapsco received “light and not
dangerous contamination by radioactive fallout” during the
recent hydrogen tests at Bikini Atoll.
The 4,000-tanker, working in support of the H-bomb
task group, carried a crew of deck officers and 86 men.
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WASHINGTON, March 24—(TP)—The Air Force last night
announced the arrest in Japan of a finance officer who it said
admitted turning nearly $200,000 in worn out military money
to his own use.
The officer, Maj. Thomas Pate of Los Angeles, the announce
ment said, has been placed under arrest in quarters. He was
finance officer at Tachikawa air base near Tokyo.
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CLAYTON, Ala., March 24—CP)—An official said last
night that an audit of books of Clio’s troubled Merchants
Exchange revealed a shortage of about $75,000.
The official, who took part in the check of records,
declined to be quoted by name. He said there is at least
that much of a deficit, but added that personal holdings
which hanker Royall Reynolds has promised to ante up were
not taken into account.
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PEORIA, Ill., March 24—(TP)—William A. Wittick, 93, of
Peoria, announced yesterday that he’s becoming a bridegroom
Thursday.
His bride-to-be is Miss Julia A. Leckley, 78, of Chicago.
School Seniors
Hear Morgan SaSurday
Aggie Film To Be Shown
After President's Speech
Boswell Says
City Law
Being Broken
People have been passing
school buses which were stop
ped within the city limits, said
Ran Boswell, city manager of
College Station.
This illegal passing could
prove to be a very dangerous
habit, he said.
There is a city ordinance
which states that “a vehicle
upon approaching a school bus
from either direction should
stop immediately before over
taking it”.
SPRING CLEAN-UP—Warren Chapman helps Kerwin
Kolinek mop his floor in preparation for the coming federal
inspection. Both are freshman in D Battery.
Light Purifies
Water for Home
A little light is now being used
to purify water for home use.
The Engineering Experiment
station is introducing the method
to Texas rural dwellers.
The method uses an ulti-aviolet
light fiv<Leights of an inch in
diameter. The lamp is in a gal
vanized pipe one and half inches in
diameter.
As water passes through the
pipe with the lamp in it, the
Inauguration
Speaker To Be
Named Soon
A speaker -will be chosen
f.oon for the inauguartion of
President David H. Morgan,
, said Dean W. H. Delaplane,
head of the inaugaral com-
I-iittee.
Invitations to serve as official
delegates have been sent to more
than 350 educators.
The inaugaral exercises, May 20,
will begin with the robing and line
up of the delegates and Faculty
members at 10:15 a. m.
A 10:45 the procession, proceed
ed by the cadet corps, will march
into the physical education build
ing where the exercises are to be
held.
A luncheon at 1 p. m. will honor
the official delegates. There will
be a corps review at 2:30 p. m.
A reception will follow the review.
Classes will be excused from 10
a. m. to 4 p. m. to allow students to
take part in the ceremonies, Dela
plane said.
Weather Today
POSSIBLE SHOWERS
Light rain, showers, for area to
day. Outlook for tomorrow foggy
and continued light rain.
The high yesterday was 78; low
today 69.
Ten Convicts Escape;
Horse Throws Guard
SUGARLAND, March 23 <A>)_
Ten convicts escaped today after
causing a Harlem state prison
guard to be thrown from his horse.
Eight were recaptured within
four hours. One of these had taken
a pistol from the guard.
The two men still at large were
spotted by plane in a wooded area
near Clodine, about 25 miles south
west of Houston.
A ground search party included
hounds, about 50 prison officials
and guards, sheriff’s deputies, state
highway patrolmen and Texas Ran
gers.
Still at large were Fernando
Otero, 20, under a 8-year El Paso
county assault with intent to rob
sentence, and Eliseo Sepulveda, 23,
under an 8-year Harris County bur
glary sentence.
Macias said he jabbed the horse
being ridden by guard R. P. Caps.
The guard was thrown to the
ground.
As he fell, Caps’ shotgun fell
into a creek. The convicts swarmed
around the guard, stripped him of
his clothing and relieved him of his
pistol. The convicts had been plant
ing tomatoes.
ultraviolet light kills harmful
bacteria. The system will treat
three-fourths of a gallon of water
per minute.
With average operation of five
hours a day, the lamp should last
from one to two years, according
to the manufacturers.
Disinfection by ultraviolet light
takes nothing out of the water and
puts nothing in. Since there is no
chemical change, a chemical test
will not show whether or not the
water has been disinfected.
The only reliable test is a
bacteriological analysis. A sample
should be taken about once a
month and sent to a laboratory.
The system was developed here
by Joe H. Sorrells and P. J. Alwin
Zeller, researcher with the Ex
periment station. It is their second
project on the small-scale purifi
cation of water. The first involved
a chlorinating process.
New Plan Gives
Court Counsel
For Students
Students who are scheduled
to appear before senior court
now have a chance to get ad
vice on the procedure of the
court before their trial.
The new plan will provide pre
law students as counselors for the
court.
Students who receive notice that
they are to appear before the
court are instructed to contact
either Richard Black or John
Akard, both senior pi’e-law stu
dents.
These students will answer any
questions on pi-ocedure of the court,
review the student’s case, and in
sure that all facts will be brought
out during the court hearing.
The student counselors will not
actually appear before the court,,
like a trial lawyer would. They will
just advise the defendant before
the case.
Accounting Conference
Set Here April 9-10
The seventh annual Accounting
conference will be held here April
9-10.
The conference, sponsored by
A&M and accounting organizations
throughout the state, will begin at
9:30 a. m. April 9 in the ballroom
of the Memorial Student Center.
North Texas Exes
lo Live Supper
Brazos county former students of
North Texas State college will have
a dutch treat supper March 31 at
6 p.m. at the MSC.
March 31 is North Texas State
Day, celebrated by former students
all over Texas. WTAW, along with
32 other radio stations throughout
Texas, will carry a broadcast from
North Texas State on that day.
Reservations for the Brazos
county supper can be obtained from
Dr. R. O. Berry of the animal hus
bandry department. Slides of life
on the North Texas State campus
will be shown at the supper, and
there will be a speaker from the
college.
In Houston Post
an Cited for Air School
Possible location of the pro
posed U. S. air academy in the Bry
an area received added impetus
Sunday in an article by John Moore
in the Houston Post.
Moore, roving reporter for the
Post, devoted his column to a dis
cussion of the benefits Houston
might derive from having the air
academy located near Bryan.
His column, titled, “Bryan Ideal
Site for Air Academy”, called for
the leading citizens of Houston and
the surrounding area to “leap
aboard the Bryan bandwagon and
beat the drums for the United
States Air academy to locate there.
“There are many reasons why I
believe Bryan should be support
ed,” Moore said, “but before we
brag upon the thriving Brazos
county capital city, let us consider
a few selfish points.
“The air academy, if located at
Bryan, would benefit Houston in
many ways. Since Houston is the
leading metropolis located nearest
to Bryan, our close assocation and
beneficial possibilities should be
obvious.
“Indeed, the nearness of Houston
was one of the first points advanc
ed by Bryan’s leading citizens when
they made such a determined effort
to secure the air academy back in
1950 under the Truman admini
stration.
“Next to be considered is that
the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where
the citizens have joined forces to
try and secure the new air force
academy, apparently is the only
other spot in Texas which has a
chance to obtain the new insti
tution.
“Houston has not been a con
tender.
“In my travels over, the st^te, I
have noticed the close affinity be
tween Houston and the immediate
territory, including Brazos county.
What is good for our immediate
vicinity is good for us, economi
cally, socially and often politi
cally.
“Once, under Mr. Truman, the
air academy seemed to have a good
chance, at least 50-50, of coming
to Texas. Today, the question of a
site is wide open again, and the
odds appear to be about 400 to 1.
“However, you can lump off a
lot of those odds when you con
sider climate and other factors.
“Another factor is that West
Point and Anapolis, the Army and
Navy counterparts of the proposed
Air Force academy, already are
located on the East Coast.
“Right now, and without quot
ing any authority, it seems to lie
between Florida and Texas, Ari
zona and Southern California, al
though one cannot rule out Kansas
and Nebiaska, nor our neighboring
state of Louisiana.
“Florida seems to have been
looked on with favor of late, but
Texas is still in the running.
“If the location is to be made
upon merit, as everyone hopes,
now is our time to support Bryan
to the hilt and in any way possible.
If the commissioners were to con
sider locating the future school at
Bryan, they would want to obtain
an understanding of the entire
vicinity, which would consider
Houston.
“Let us join with Bryan in urg
ing this commission to visit our
locality at an early date.
“As for Bryan, it is an ideal ap
plicant. Proponents of the air
academy have said that the ingti-
President David H. Morgan will begin High School day
activities Saturday, with a speech to more than 1,000 high
school seniors in Guion hall at 9 a.m.
The recently completed movie “We Are The Aggies” will
be shown to the high school students following Morgan’s wel
coming speech. “The purpose of high school day is to give
outstanding high school seniors a preview of life on our cam
pus,’’ said Walter Penberthy, dean of men.
The high school seniors will register early Saturday
morning and Friday evening in the Memorial Student Center.
After the orientation assembly program Saturday morn
ing, the students will be taken on tours of the campus, guided
by A&M students.
Saturday afternoon, annual
Sports day contests will be
held on the Kyle field track,
the baseball field, the tennis
courts and the swimming pool.
High school students visiting the
campus will be admitted free to
all Spoils day events.
Other spectators will be charged
a dollar for a ticket to all the
games and matches.
Sponsored by the T association,
A&M lettermen group, Sports day
gives students and other Aggie
football fans a preview of next
year’s football team.
An intra-squad football game
Saturday night at 7:30 will com
plete high school and sports day
activities.
Athletic events include a base
ball game Saturday afternoon at
2 p.m. between Rice and A&M, the
Aggie-Baylor tennis match at 1
p.m., a swimming meet between
the Fish and Highland Park (Dal
las) high school at 2 p.m. and a
varsity-freshman track meet at
2:45 p.m.
Math Department
To Hold Contest
The annual mathematics contests
will be held April 13, announced E.
C. Klipple, head of the mathe
matics department.
The freshmen will be given a
two hour examination covering
algebra, trigonometry and anylitic
geometry. It is open to students
classified as freshmen and who are
now enrolled in math 102. Those
entering must not have repeated a
course in college math.
The sophomore contest will be
a two hour examination on cal
culus and is open to all students
now enrolled in math 210. Those
entering must not have been classi
fied above a sophomore in the fall
of 1953 and must not have repeated
a math course.
First prize in each of the con
tests will be a gold wrist watch.
Second prize will be $15, and third
prize will be $10.
Hall Speaks Monday
To Agriculture Classes
Pat Hall, former teacher of vo
cational agriculture at Bay City,
spoke Monday to the agricultural
education 427 classes.
He spoke on “Supervised Farm
ing Programs.”
Hall, a 1948 graduated of A&M,
is attending the University of Tex
as law school.
Local Women
Place Artwork
In Austin Show
Four persons from the Col
lege Station area each sub
mitted two drawings or paint
ings which were displayed in
Austin by the Texas Fine
Arts association.
These included Mrs. W. J. Dob
son, Mrs. B. Clark, Mrs. J. S. Mog-
ford, all of College Station, and
Bessie Womble of Caldwell.
“Nuts and Bolts” by Mrs. Dob
son and “In Dock” by Mrs. Mog-
ford are on display in the Memorial
Student Center and will go on an
exhibition tour of some 12 cities,
said Mrs. Ralph Terry, advisor and
instructor of the art gallery of the
MSC.
These have been on tour since
December and will go until June,
she said.
The display in the MSC was ar
ranged by Ralph Arhelger, Ronnie
Cannon, Rockie Arnold and Paul
Ross.
Daum, Math Prof,
Dies in Hospital
Dr. John A. Daum of the mathe
matics department died yesterday
morning in a local hospital.
An A&M professor for eight
years, Daum was 41.
Funeral services have been set
for 10 a. m. tomorrow. They will
be held at the Chapel Hiller Funeral
Home, with Father Tim Vanlenta
of St. Josephs Catholic church of
ficiating. Burial will be in the
Mount Calvary Cementary.
Daum was born in Fremont, Neb.
He was a veteran of World War
II.
Pallbearers will be John
Blaisienz, J. E. Gammos, Earl H.
Patton, H. A. Luther, E. C. Klipple,
and S. A. Sims.
Daum is survived by his son,
John Andrew II, and his sister,
Mrs. Loran F. Wheller.
ROCKING CHAIR
NOT SEDENTARY
CHARLESTON, W. V a .—(A>>—
“Old Rockin’ Chair’s Got Me,” wail
ed a Charleston taxicab driver. He
was charged with transporting
more than the legal limit of one
gallon after police found 14 pints
of Rocking Chair whisky in his cab.
tution should not be placed in a
large city.
“From a flying point of view,
Bryan Air Force base is in full
swing.
“It has been said that about
10,000 aci’es would be needed. I am
assured by Travis B. Bryan, presi
dent of Bryan’s First National
bank and one of the longest and
loudest applicants for the air
academy, that plenty of land is
available in the right places.
“From the point of view of a
friendly relationship between mili
tary students and civilians, that
has been clearly demonstrated over
75 years by the adoption of Texas
A&M college by the citizens of
Bryan and College Station.
“This friendliness also was dem
onstrated during World War II
and since that time in the dealings
with Bryan Air Force base.
“From other points of view,
Bryan has a smart and well-de
veloped shopping center, and is
one of the ‘cleanest’ middle-sized
cities in Texas. It has a high moral
atmosphere, and vice, if any, is
negligible.”
HOLD ’ER NEWT—Bobby Rankin, doing practice teaching
with the agricultural education department, is shown on
a field trip with his class. He is teaching them how to dock
and vaccinate sheep. Rankin did his practice teaching in
Llano.