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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1954
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ITON—Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin hand-
a sopy of a letter he said was signed by
J dring’, former secretary of war, saying- that
■ Marshal “would sell out his own grandmother
llvaiitage.”
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[EGO, Texas—Trials of the Duval County
intendent and three former officials in that
political domain of George Parr were moved
il Co mty Monday. Three are accused of
he fourth of conversion of public funds.
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, Colo.—FBI agents Monday arrested a man
naming them as leaders of the Communist
ido and raising to seven the number of party
1 injColorado and California in the last twenty-
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NGTON—President Eisenhower chose a dis-
J*my engineer. Brig. Gen. Herbert D. Vogel,
■ take over the politically sensitive job of
il the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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Greece—Foreign Minister Stephen Stephan-
onday the Romanian government has offered
I I) Greeks carried behind the Iron Curtain dur-
' ^unist guerrilla war of 1946-1949. The offer
| pugh the International Red Cross.
^
ELB1, India—The Indian newspaper States-
d Monday night that France has decided to
ill colonial enclaves in India on Aug. 14, the
die anniversary of Indian independence.
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JT ELI'S —Crooner Dick Haymes was ordered
lay for the second time in an order issued by
special hearing officer of the Immigration
n Institute
Ba 9 230 Students
persons from all
here as students
,rm Bureau’s sixth
f meeting- from yes-
Tlmirsday in the
t Center.
will offer ten
students, plus the
meetings and ban-
ith all conventions,
the convention will
or M. T. Harring--
) Jaynes, coopera-
and organization
le Extension serv-
bson,i state director
m service,
will close with a
"ay, with Dr. Her-
Improving
iio Attack
jin, A &M|
f> ' is reported
summer
to he
being taken to a
ital with polio,
driiiited to the col-
uly m- After ex-
wasl packed in ice
5 City-County hos-
orth, his home, for
h examination,
hnspn of that hos-
ecialist, diagnosed
case of polio Fri-
;s itlis a mild case,
no paralysis, al-
3 pain in his neck,
and right arm.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E.
olumbus, said that
the hospital for an
od.’
id he would appre-
ls or letters from
ollege. His address
Hospital, Ft. Worth.
bert E. Stotts, professor of sociol
ogy of religion at the Illif School
of Theology, as the speaker.
Classes offered by the Institute
are as follows:
History and philosophy of farm
bureau, procedures of policy devel
opment, procedures for member
ship acquisition, developing lead
ership.
Information program, public
speaking, county office procedures,
a balanced farm bureau program,
servicing farm bureau members,
and recreational activities.
Politics,
Presidents
Get Together
Education and politics must
go well together—C ollege
Park’s high-powered delega
tion to the Brazos County
Democratic convention Satur
day included three ex-college
presidents and one present col
lege president.
They were F. C. Bolton, Gibb
Gilchrist, M. T. Harrington,
and David Morgan.
\er Today
YlfLOUDY
, dy P this afternoon,
llance of rain. Mini-
mature this morning
““.s; maximum yester-
6.
John Bertrand Resigns
Basic Division- Head
County Convention
Backs Gov. Shivers
The, Brazos County Democratic
convention Saturday threw its lot
in with Allan Shivers, with the
local delegation to the state con
vention formally instructed to
“vote for all resolutions favoring
the present state administration.”
The resolution also instructs the
county delegation to “vote as a
unit in all matters coming before
the convention.”
Of the 35 delegates named to
the convention from this county,
20 are Shivers backers, eight back
his run-off opponent Ralph Yar
borough, and eight are unknowns.
The county will have 28 votes at
the convention.
Both College Station precinct
delegations voted with the Shivers
Little League
Certificates
Cause Mix-Up
A mistake in the type of
birth certificates required for
Little League players will
cause yesterday’s champion
ship game to be replayed.
The College Station team would
have been credited with a win, 4
to 2, against the Bx-yan National
League East team.
The game was protested in the
third inning because some of Col
lege Station’s players have hos
pital-type birth certificates, rather
than the bureau of vital statistics
type required by Little League
rules.
“We just didn’t know about the
rule,” said Ray Oden, Little League
president.
The Bryan and College Station
League officials discussed the point
until late last night and decided
that the game would be played
over today at 5:30 p.m.
And eax-ly this morning several
College Station parents were on
their way to Austin to get the re
quired cei’tificates in time for the
game.
A bsentee Balloting:
Starts August 9
Absentee balloting for the Dem-
oci'atic run-off pi'imary will begin
Aug. 8 and last through Aug. 24.
The x'un-off will be Aug. 28.
Absentee ballots can be mailed
to the county clerk, Brazos county.
Hex-e is the same ballot for the
px-imary:
SAMPLE BALLOT
I am a Democrat and pledge myself to support the
nominee of this primary.
“You may vote for the candidate of your choice by
placing an X in the square beside *the name or you may vote
for the candidate of your choice in each race by scratching
or marking out all other names in that race.”
For Governor:
RALPH YARBOROUGH, Travis County
ALLAN SHIVERS, Jefferson County
For Judge of Court of Criminal Appeals:
.LLOYD W. DAVIDSON, Travis County
For Place No. 1, Supreme Court:
FEW BREWSTER, Bell County
ALFRED M. SCOTT, Travis County
FoT District Judge, 85th Judicial District:
W. C. DAVIS, Brazos County
W. T. McDONALD, Brazos County
For County Commissioner, Precinct No. 4:
HORACE F. JONES
NEWTON BURLIN
backers. Other precincts for Shiv
ers were 12, 13, 14, and 18. Yar-
borough precincts were 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 10, 15, and 17. Precinct 11 split
its vote and numbers 1, 2, and 9
were absent.
Shivers foi'ces showed their
strength at the stax-t of the meet
ing when Conservative R. V. Arm
strong was elected temporary
chaii'man of the convention. He
and August L. Nowak, county par
ty secretary, were later unanimous
ly elected permanent convention of
ficers.
Of the other resolutions passed,
one commended Shivers’ “leader
ship” and instructed the conven
tion to “join with him in the ef
forts to maintain the integrity and
influence of the Democratic party
in Texas.”
Resolutions were also passed
commending retiring Judge W. S.
Barron, and the newly-elected coun
ty convention officers.
Another resolution asked the
county commissioners to revise the
voting precincts to establish more
convenient voting places.
About 125 delegates and 75 spec
tators attended the meeting.
Takes U of N Post;
Effective Oct. 10
Dr. John R. Bertrand yesterday announced his retire
ment as dean of A&M’s Basic Division to become dean and
director of agriculture at the University of -Nevada. The
resignation is effective Oct. 10, 1954.
Bertrand has been a member of the faculty here since
1946, and has been in charge of the Basic Division since
it was organized in 1950. He moved from assistant dean
of agriculture to take the top spot in the freshman-counseling
division, called the college’s “non-degree-granting school.”
At his new post at the University of Nevada, Bertrand
will serve as dean of the College of Agriculture, including
the schools of agriculture and home economics, and also as
director of the agricultural
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John R. Bertrand
Resigns
The places for the county com
missioner, precinct four, election
will be on only the Bryan ballots.
Alan Haley, Wichita county, has
withdrawn from the race for Court
of Criminal Appeals judge, so his
name will not be on the ballot.
Local Child Wanted
For Summer Camp
Some crippled child in College Station or this area
is going to get a chance to spend a week at a camp in
Texas’ hill country.
The College Station Lions club is looking for some
one to send to the Texas Lions Crippled Children’s camp
in Kerrville.
All expenses are paid, and the only requirements
are that the child be between 8 and 16, and physically
able to feed or clothe himself or herself.
The child will go to camp for two weeks, and he or
she can pick any two week period between now and
September. The camp is not a school, but there are
classes in handicrafts. Also included in the camp pro
gram are swimming and other sports.
There is no limit to the number of children from
this area who can attend the camp, and anyone interested
is invited to contact Dr. A. A. Lenert at 4-5623.
experiment station and of the
cooperative extension service
in agriculture and home eco
nomics.
“I have very much enjoyed my
work at A&M,” he said in his
letter of resignation to President
David H. Moi'gan. “It is a great
institution, and I will always cher
ish my association with its stu
dents, its faculty, and its staff.”
He called the decision to move a
“very difficult” one, but said the
new post provided “oppoi'tunity
for another type of professional
expex-ience.”
A committee is studying the
matter of a replacement for Ber
trand. f
A native of Pampa, Bertrand
graduated from Texas Tech in
1940, with a degree in agricultural
education. He took a masters de-
■♦•gree from the same school in agri
cultural economics and rural so
ciology, receiving his doctors de
gree in educational psychology,
guidance, and pei'sonnel manage
ment at Cornell uixivei'sity in 1950.
Befoi’e coming to A&M, he serv
ed as a reseai’ch fellow at the Uni
versity of Missouri and as a mem
ber of the staff of Sam Houston
State Teachers college.
He joined the A&M staff in 1946
as an assistant professor of rural
sociology. In 1947 he became as
sistant to the dean of agriculture,
directing a guidance program for
agriculture students.
From 1942 to 1945 Berti'and
served in the Naval submarine
corps. Entei'ing as an apprentice
seaman, he was discharged a lieu
tenant after 21 months service in
the Pacific on the submarine
“Bowfin.”
FSA Begins
5-State Tour
Of Clubs
A&M officials and Former
Students association execu
tives began their annual two-
week tour of A&M clubs yes
terday, with plans to hit at
least 13 A&M clubs.
The pux-pose of the trip is to tell
the clubs about the college, and
current and future projects of the
FSA, according to J. B. (Dick)
Hervey, executive secretai’y of the
association.
Hervey and Oscar T. Hotchkiss,
president of the FSA, will make
the entire trip.
For the first week, W. W. Armi-
stead, dean of veterinai'y medicine,
and Baxdow (Bones) Irvin, assist
ant athletic director, will be along,
and E. E. McQuillan, development
fxxnd director, and John Floyd, bas
ketball coach, will be along for the
second week.
Clubs to be included in the trip
are the Midland-Permian basin
club, Pecos, Van Horn, El Paso,
Albuquerque, the Lubbock and
South Plains club. Panhandle A&M
club, Lawton-Ft. Sill, Oklahoma
City, Tulsa, Kansas City, St. Louis,
and the Arkansas A&M club.
They will retuxm Aug. 14.
Hide-A-Way Will
Feature Can-Can
A can-can dance will be the fea
ture attraction at tonight’s Memo
rial Student Center Hide-A-Way
daxxce.
The dance, which starts at 8
p.m., will be in the MSC assembly
iPorn, and the Aggieland combo
will play.
Members of the can-can line are
Sadi Michilini, Dottie Burns, and
Sue Gustasson, all wives of men
at Bi'yan air force base, and Eve
Poi'tor, a senior at Stephen F.
Austin high school in Bryan.
Accompanist for the gi'oup will
be Carol Conway, also a senior at
SFA.
Adxnission for the daxiee is 25
cents, stag or drag.
Brayton To Help
In Disaster Relief
Col. H. R. Bi'ayton, director of
the Firemen’s Training school of
the Engineering Extension service,
will take leave from his regular
duties during the month of August
to serve in an advisory capacity
with the Texas Office of Defense
and Disaster Relief, Austin.
He will tour the defense oi'gani-
zation’s 16 disti-ict control centers
around the state to assist coordi
nators of each district in planning
and organizing their disaster and
relief operations.
The boundaries of district con
trol centers are defined by the 16
state highway patrol districts, en
abling each center to utilize radio
facilities of each highway pati’ol
office.
Brayton was requested to sexwe
as an advisor by William L. Mc
Gill, state coordinator of defense
and disaster relief organization.
Steamship Agency
Established Here
A new service to College Sta
tion and Bryan residents has been
established — a steamship ticket
agency.
Under the direction of T. H.
Black, agent for the Southern Pa
cific Railroad here, the-agency will
supply tickets and reservations for
any steamship line, freight or pas
senger.
The agency includes tours and
passage arrangements, transporta
tion from here to the port, and all
expense tours.
In Traffic Control
Driver Called Important
“Traffic control begins at your
wheel.”
Col. E. B. Tilley of Houston,
president of the Texas Safety as
sociation and services advisor for
the Gulf Oil Coi'poration, explained
in these wox*ds today the import
ance of the individual driver in
maintaining safety on the nation’s
streets and highways.
Tilley, who was speaking in con
nection with the July traffic safety
progx*am being sponsored by the
Texas Safety association, the Tex
as Department of Public Safety
and the National Safety council,
said that laws and official high
way signs can be effective aids to
traffic safety only if drivers heed
them.
“The theme of this July safety
effort, ‘vacation driving,’ is espec-
iolly appropi'iate to the month
when so many motorists will be
taking holiday trips,” he said.
“With increased travel on the
roads, it becomes increasingly im
portant to drive with caution and
courtesy.”
“Experience of past years,” he
said, “has shown that more traffic
accidents occur during July and
August, when travel is great, than
in the earlier months of the year.
“One tangible way that drivers
can contribute to safety, and help
keep down the accident rate, is to
know the ‘signs of life’ and obey
them,” Tilley said.
“These ‘signs of life,” he ex
plained, “are traffic signs that
state the law and warn motorists
of potential dangers on the road
ahead.
News Briefs
TWO A&M former students have
qualified as carrier pilots after
six successful carrier landings.
They are naval aviation cadets
James W. Persons of Rusk and
Douglas E. Sowell of Iredell.
* * *
CIVIL SERVICE wants some
one to be a “Firefighter (Inspec
tor)” at Bryan air force base. In
terested persons can get informa
tion from the post office.
GAIL BAILEY, A&M former
student, has graduated from the
navy’s pre-flight school at Pensa
cola, Fla. He will go to Whiting
Field, Fla., for more training as a
naval aviation cadet.
* * *
WALTER F. BERNDT, assist
ant auditor, has been notified that
he has passed his final examination
and has been awarded a certified
Public Accountant certificate.
“The five basic sign shapes used
for ‘signs of life’ are extremely
helpful to drivers,” he said, “for
each shape bears one distinctive
type of message, making recogni
tion easy.”
“Another important safety job
for vacationing motorists,” he said,
“is to learn the traffic laws or
areas through which they expect to
travel. ”
“Laws vary from state to state
and from region to region,” he
said. “Driving in these areas
without proper knowledge of the
law can cost a vacationist his life.”
He advised travelers, before
they leave home, to check with po
lice or motor clubs to get informa
tion on vacation-land ti’affic laws.
“A thii-d vital factor in safe va
cation motoring is the practice of
courtesy behind the wheel,” Tilley
said.
He urged all drivel's to follow the
July slogan of the Texas Safety
association, the Texas Department
of Public Safety, and the National
Safety council, “Vacation Time—
Make Courtesy Your Code of the
Road,” and also to recognize and
acknowledge the courteous high
way acts of others.
“By observing traffic signs and
signals, learning traffic laws and
practicing courtesy,” he said, “mo
torists will go a long way toward
making our streets and highways
safer for vacationists and all other
drivers and pedestrians.”