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Number 58: Volume 54
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1955
Price 5 Cents
“FIVE OUTSTANDING YOUNG TEXANS”—These “Five Outstanding- Young- Texans”
received JayCee-sponsored honors at a state banquet in Midland. Left to right the young
Texans are: George F. Pierce jr., Houston architect; Jack W. Gray, county judge, Den
ton; Denton A. Cooley, Houston surgeon; Ben H. Carpenter, Dallas insurance execu
tive; and Howard E. Butt jr.. Corpus Christi grocery executive and Baptist evangelist.
Development Course Opens
'As Twenty Nine Register
Twenty-nine selected representa
tives of southwestern industries
registered for the three-week Ex
ecutive Development Course spon
sored by A&M as the course g - ot
under way Monday morning in the
Memorial Student Center.
The registrants will hear recog
nized national authorities discuss
the current economic and indus
trial situation as a background for
intesive study of specific indus
trial pmblems of the southwest.
The registrants were selected by
their organizations to take the
course.
David H. Morgan, president of
the college, gave the welcome ad
dress Sunday evening. The staff
was introduced and the objectives
of the course were explained by F.
C. Bolton, president emeritus.
Monday’s program included talks
by A. J. Kingston jr., of the col
lege's basic division and by Dr. J.
P. Abbott, dean of the college. The
registrants gave short resumes of
“My Company and My Work,’’ at
the opening session at 8:30 a.m.
Registrants include A. C. Glad
den, Texas Gas corporation, D. H.
Schuenemann, Houston lighting
and Power company, Roger Stan-
wood, T. B. Sanders, Transconti
nental Gas Pipe corporation, W. O.
Phillips, United States Steel cor-
AF Reserve Concentrates
On February Membership
I February will be the last good
(month for non-prior service per-
ikonnel to become a member of the
\ctive Air Force Reserve, Sgt.
Robert Lindgren said yesterday.
Lindgren, stationed at Ellington
Air Force Base, suit! there is no
inactive reserve status without
first seiwing in the active reserve.
Interested personnel have several
ways in which to obtain further
information on how to become a
member, he said. Contact present
local members of the Air Force
Reserve; write to Reserve Infor
mation, 2578th Air Reserve Flying
Center, Ellington Air Force Base,
Senate Curtails
Picketing Evils
AUSTIN—CP*—Over the objec
tions of organized labor, a Sen
ate committee last night gave its
approval to a measure to prohibit
organizational picketing by a union
that does not represent a majority
/ f the employees involved.
The action, by voice vote, sent
(the measm-e back to the Senate
C oor. It was the first of a series
f proposed labor-control bills to
win committee, approval.
Friends of the measure, by Sen.
George Paidtnouse, Dallas, said it
was designed to prevent a recur
rence of the Port Arthur story,
where pickets walked before many
establishments for more than a Senior-
year seeking recognition for union wav thro
representation of employes. | the schc
Foes of the bill said its purpose presentee
was to halt labor unions from fur- said,
ther organizational activities in 4 Tickets
Texas. They claimed the question available
of a majority would not arise under j and are
the bill until after a strike was chairman
called when only non-union em- kinds of
ployes would be left inside an es- ing the
tablishment to vote. [ said.
Texas; or telephone Hudson 67783.
The active reserve training sche
dule includes training in various
Air Force specialties at Ellington
on the second weekend of each
month, plus two weeks of active
duty status during the latter part
of the summer. More complete
training is undergone during this
period, Lindgren said.
Other inducements to joining
the Air Force Reserve are that re-
seiwe airmen are entitled to all the
entertainment facilities at. Elling
ton and a complete physical exam
ination, as well as the air force
qualification test, is given each ap
plicant.
The membership campaign con
ducted on the campus during No
vember and December was con
sidered highly successful, Lindgren
said, and if enough applicants show
intex - est in the Air Force Reserve,
a field crew will be sent from El
lington to process personnel into
the active reserve.
County Mothers
Plan Game Party
The fifth annual Brazos County
A&M Mothers Club game party
will be held in the Memorial Stu
dent Center ballroom Friday at
2:30 p.m. with proceeds going to
a scholai’ship for a Brazos County
senior, Mrs. Ide P. Trotter said
yesterday.
poration, all of Houston; W. H.
Bauerschlag jr., H. B. Zachry com
pany, San Antonio; B. B. Berry,
Tuboscope company, Corpus Chris
ti; C. A. Cash and T. C. Clopton,
The Shamrock Oil and Gas com
pany, Amarillo; R. C. Hierpnymus,
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals
company, Texas City; N. J. Hor-
brecht, Central Power and Light
company, Kingsville.
C. E. Huddleston jr., Socony
Paint Products company, Beau
mont; R. J. January, Magnolia Pe
troleum company, P. G. Wallace,
Texas Power and Light company,
S. E. White, Seaboard Oil com
pany, Dallas; J. J. Kemper, Gen
eral Telephone Company of the
Southwest, Brownfield; R. A. Met-
zke, United Gas corporation, New
Braunfels; D. L. Morris, Freeport
Sulphur company, New Orleans;
R. M. Nall, St. Louis Southwestern
Railway lines, Tyler.
C. A. Norton, Central Power and
Light company, Weslaco; J. H.
Philley, Community Public Service
company, Detroit; L. L. Porter,
General Telephone Company of the
Southwest, Texarkana; C. A. Sul-
lins. Union Producing company,
Beeville; R. C. Tallman, Lion Oil
company, El Dorado, Arkansas;
R. F. Vogt, Texas Electric Seiwice
company. Fort Worth; J. N. Watts,
Southwestern Gas and Electric
company, Shreveport, La.; T. D.
Wheat, Texas Electric Service com
pany, Eastland; R. F. Winchester,
Tuboscope company, Odessa; B. B.
Watson, Texas Power and Light
company, Waco.
Student General Assembly
To Open Spring Semester
Accident Death
Rate Declining
But Still Costly
CHICAGO — UP) — The
United States scored the low
est accident rate in the na
tion’s history in 1954 — but
the cost still was high in
deaths, injuries and dollars.
A total of 91,000 persons died in
accidents of all kinds, yet the toll
was 4,000 below that of a year
before and the accident death rate
per 100,000 population is the low
est on record.
Traffic accidents, the No. 1 killer
took 36,300 lives, yet the toll was
2,000 below that of a year before
and the death rate per 100-million
vehicle miles traveled also was es
timated as the lowest on record.
The figures, released Wednes
day by the National Safety Coun
cil also showed that 9,200,000 per
sons were injured in accidents of
all kinds and that the estimated
economic loss was $9,700,000,000.
Home acidents in 1954 took
28,000 lives, fatal acidents at
work, 14,000, and public accidents
excluding traffic, killed 16,000.
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MARCH OF DIMES POS
TER BOY — James Clark
Allen jr., five-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Allen
of Tyler, has been designa
ted by the National Foun
dation for Infantile Paraly
sis as the 1955 March of
Dimes Poster Boy.
Tornado
Combed
Wreck age
For Dead
MEMPHIS — ^) — Rescuers,
working in bitter cold and drizzling
rain, combed wreckage yesterday
for possible additional victims from
tornadoes that ripped three Mid
south states Tuesday.
The unofficial death toll, all in
Mississippi, was 30. However, there
was a possibility that name dupli
cation, where first names were not
available, might lower the figure.
The twisters, nature’s most vio
lent storm, smashed first into Ar
kansas, bounced across the Mis
sissippi River into Mississippi, then
had a final fling in Alabama.
Twenty-seven were reported kill
ed near Commerce Landing, Miss.
Three died at Olive Branch, about
12 miles northeast of Commerce
Landing.
School houses were destroyed at
both communities. Many of the
dead were Negro school children.
Ruthie Lee Clark, 10, was at
the Landing school just before the
twister hit.
“The teacher told us we could
News of the World
By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
go home before the storm got too
bad,” she said. “About five of us
started up the road when the wind
began to blow real hard.
“We went into a house and it
just came apart. I landed about
10 feet away.” She suffered facial
cuts.
The teacher, Mrs. Lonnie Mor
gan, 44, and two other children
were killed.
About 62 of the less seriously
injured were transferred from the
jammed, 25-bed Tunica County
Hospital to emergency quarters at
Tunica County Vocational High
School.
Mrs. Matilda McCoy, her face
swathed in bandages, talked to
newsmen today while helping feed
four of her children.
She was at home with her seven
children when her husband, Fred,
and her father. Cliff Atkins, came
in out of the field and said:
“There’s a storm coming.”
“Fred told me to put out the
cook stove first. I had just poured
water on it when the back door
of the house blew off. I grabbed
up my baby and the wind knocked
me to the floor.
“My father knelt over two of
my children. My husband looked
after the rest. The next thing I
No estimate
available.
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WASHINGTON—The United States reportedly is turn
ing down a request from Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek for knew the house was in splinters
firm, public guarantee that this country will fight Red China | and 1 was sitting on a plank in
I if necessary to keep the Quemoy and Matsu Islands in Chi- j the mud.”
nese Nationalist hands.
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AUSTIN—Atty. Gen. John Ben Shepperd said
under persistent questioning last night it has been
possible for veterans land deals to be approved by
one member of the three-man Veterans Land Board.
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WASHINGTON—A subcommittee of the Democratic
National subcommittee of the Democratic National Com
mittee received formal bids yesterday from Chicago and Phil-I The Masters, Wardens and Sec-
adelphia for the party’s 1955 nominating convention but | retaries association of the 29th
Masons To Hear
Grand Master Talk
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t for the game party are
from any club member
$1. Mrs. A. C. Magee is
i of ticket sales and all
games will be played dur-
aftemoon, Mrs. Trotter
made no immediate choice.
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WAKEFIELD, Mass.—Furniture dealer Lester
Spiro was cleaning up debris left yesterday by safe
crackers who robbed him of §2,000. Among .scat
tered papers he found a forgotten insurance policy
covering the theft.
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ABILENE—Love of football was credited Wednesday
with bringing Sammy Baugh out of semi-retirement to sign
a 5-year contract as head coach at Hardin-Simmons Univer
sity.
Morgan, Abbott Welcome
Freshmen and Transfers
New Student Week for the spring semester began Wed
nesday with classes scheduled to start at 8 a.m. Monday,
February 7.
A general assembly of freshmen, returning former stu
dents and transfers from other colleges will be addressed at
4-7 p.m. tonight by David H. Mor
gan, A&M president. John P.
Abbott, dean of the college will
speak on “What College Has to
Offer you,” following the address
by the president.
W. L. Penberthy, head of the
student activities department, will
outline all phases of campus life
to the new students. C. H. Rans-
dell, acting dean of the basic divis
ion, will preside at the general as
sembly. •
Military orientation programs
were slated this afternoon in sep
arate sessions for day students,
veterans and non-corps students
and those who will be in the ROTC.
Speakers include Col. Joe E. Da
vis, commandant of the school of
military sciences; Col. Robert D.
Offer, professor of military science
and tactics; Col. John H. Way,
professor of air science, and Lt.
Col. Taylor Wilkins, assistant
commandant.
New students underwent testing
Wednesday afternoon and this
morning, with Dr. Albert J. Kings
ton in charge. Actual registration
for classes will be Friday after
noon in Sbisa Hall.
Weapons Test
Will Include
9,000 Troops
- WASHINGTON — About
9,000 fighting men will take
part in the next Nevada tests
of “new and improved nuclear
weapons,” expected to start
Feb. , 5.
The Defense Department made
the announcement today, saying
that among the exercises will be
an atomic explosion handled by
some 2,100 Navy and Marine Corps
personnel.
There was no word as to the
type of nuclear weapons that will
be demonstrated. The Defense
Department merely said that much
progress has been made in train
ing for atomic warfare and these
tests will be held to evaluate the
effect of the new weapons on such
training.
Gloria Says Gem
Not Her Property
NEW YORK—OP)—Gloria Van
derbilt said today she was fasci
nated by a report fi’om Italy that
she bought a 135-carat emerald
known as “The Eye of Mohamet’s
Horse”—but that it’s all news to
her.
The aspiring young actress, who
is the estranged wife of conductor
Leopold Stokowski, said she never
before had heard of the gem—and
certainly hadn’t bought it.
Board To Meet
The A&M board of directors will
meet in regular session Feb. 26 on
the campus.
Sch ulenberger
Scholarship Given
A $500 scholarship has been giv
en to A&M for the school year
1955-56 by the Schulenberger
Foundation of Houston.
The award will be made to a
junior or senior majoring in elec
trical, mechanical or petroleum en
gineering, physics or geology. To
be eligible the student must plan
to complete, prior to receiving his
degree, at least twelve (12) se
mester hours in electricity. Harold
Gene Fox, a senior physics major,
holds the award this year. The
selection of recipients is made hy
the faculty committee on scholar
ships. R. G. Perryman, associate
registrar, is secretary of the com
mittee.
Masonic District will celebrate
George Washington's Birthday |
with a dinner in Sbisa hall Feb. 18
at 7:30 p.m.
Principal speaker will be the
Honorable George C. Moffett,
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge
of Texas. The dinner is open to
all Masons, their families and
friends, according to Larry P. Cob
ble, program chairman and tickets
at $1.50.
HORSE AND BUGGY DOCTOR—Dr. H. D. Wolfe, 27,
physician at Hugo. Okla., just across the Red River from
Texas, stops traffic and startles patients when he makes
calls in his buggy. The four wheeled carriage has been in
the Wolfe family for nearly half a century but was only
recently put back into service. In bad weather he uses a
more rugged Jeep to make calls.