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Number 50: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1955
PRICE 5 CENTS
News of the World
By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
GENEVA—Russia and the Western Powers last night
broke up the Big Four conference in confessed failure to
secure the peace of Europe, Unify Germany, or expand East-
West relations. The three Western foreign ministers bitter
ly accused Russia’s V. M. Molotov of bad faith in all his major
proposals during the three-week conference. Molotov, in his
concluding speech, claimed that only the Soviet Union had
maintained the “Geneva spirit” which marked the summit
conference here four months ago.
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VIENNA, Austria—Austrians returning from Sov-
’ iet camps yesterday reported they met seven Americans,
a Briton, two Swedes, two Frenchmen, a Dutchman and
a Japanese in Russian captivity.
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AUSTIN—The National Assn, for the Advancement of
Colored People yesterday started a drive against segregation
on Austin buses. Arthur De Witty, public relations officer
for the NAACP here, said the organization has “secured the
services of an attorney and accepted legal responsibility” for
a case involving a 21-year-old Negro woman. She was found
guilty—after entering a plea of innocent—in corporation
court Tuesday on a charge of violating the state “Jim Crow
law.” It will be appealed to county court.
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HOUSTON—Houston’s most expensive city election
in history found Mayor Roy Hofheinz yesterday bitterly
attacking the three city daily newspapers and wealthy
“fat cats.”
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GENEVA—The Big Four foreign ministers ended their
, Geneva conference yesterday after 58 hours of debate spread
over three weeks. The talks failed to produce substantial
agreement on European security, German reunification, dis
armament or expansion of East-West contacts. The Ameri-
. can, British and French ministers advised the West German
government and the isolated city of Berlin that they would
continue to work to end the division of the nation. The con
ference’s final communique did not mention any future meet
ing.
Four Children Rescued
From Burning Home
HOUSE FIRE—Fire caused an estimated $3,500 damage to
the five-room frame house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Willie
Phillips one-half mile south of the College Station city lim
its on Highway 6 yesterday. Four small children were car
ried to safety by Mrs. Anna Mae Blake, middle-aged Negro
woman. A 15-month-old girl received third degree burns
on the legs.
CSDA Begins
Annual Drive
For Members
The College Station Devel
opment Association and
Chamber of Commerce h as
begun its annual membership
. drive. Dues for individuals
are $5, and family memberships are
“It is through the funds obtain
ed from membership drives that
the Association is able to carry on
its work of civil betterment,
health, and recreation during the
year,” said Carl Tishler, presi
dent of the Association.
Among the activities sponsored
during the past year are the recent
.►lean-up drive, and the “Welcom
ing Committee” which greets new
comers to the city.
The Association helps with the
College Station Youth Recuperation
. program, T.B. x-ray and blood col
lection programs, publicity for the
city, and at present has reserved a
large sum for the construction of
sidewalks in the city.
All correspondence and contri
butions should be addressed to The
College Station Development As
sociation and Chamber of Com
merce, Box 485G, College Station,
Texas.
Ends Saturday
Chest Drive Nears Goal
Negro Woman Heroine;
Damage About $3,500
By JIM NEIGHBORS
Battalion Staff Writer
Mrs. Anna Mae Blake, middle-aged Negro woman, carried
four small children to safety yesterday as a five-room frame
house caught fire shortly after 2:45 p.m.
Mrs. Blake, who saw flames shooting out of the house,
rushed inside to rescue the children who were being cared
for by an elderly Negro woman. She carried two children
to the porch and then returned to rescue the others.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Phillips, parents of the children, are
both employed by the college. They were notified of the fire
by neighbors.
The house is located about one-half mile south of the
♦'College Station city limits on
Highway 6. Damage to the
wood-frame house was esti
mated at $3,500.
One of the children, a 15-
months-old baby girl received third
degree burns on the leg. The oth
er children, ranging from six years
to three months in age, escaped
without injury.
It was believed a gas heater ex
ploded to start the fire. Firemen
were hampered because there are
no fire plugs outside the city lim
its, and they were forced to use
booster pumps from fire trucks.
The water supply began jto get low
after the blaze was brought under
control.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillips were pre
paring to move into a different
house sometime next week.
By WELTON JONES
Battalion City Editor
The A&M College-College Sta
tion Community Chest-Red Cross
drew nearer its $12,100 goal last
night. Robert A. Houze, chairman
of the drive, reported a total count
of $11,200 with only a short time
left until the Saturday deadline.
Along with money contributions,
Mrs. Walter M. Heritage, chairman
of the door-to-door drive, has col
lected quite a group of stories on
people visited.
Take for instance a young stu-
66 Awesome Aggies”
This week’s edition of Time mag
azine has an nrticle on Coach Paul
(Bear) Bryant’s “Awesome Ag
gies.” Appearing on page 56 in
the sports section of the magazine,
the story is about three-fourths of
a page in length and tells of this
yeai'’s Aggie football team.
Local Merchants
Help With Bonfire
Calculations show that last
year’s bonfii’e used enough wood
to build an ovei’sized five room
house with garage and all the fur
niture.
“With this much lumber, it takes
a powerful lot of transportation
said Ben Allen, co-chairman of the
Bonfire Transportation Commit
tee. He said trucks were still need
ed and any help given would be
appreciated.
Persons contributing trucks for
this year’s work include Hamner
Brothers in Hempstead, Andrews
Parker Construction Co., Howell
Lumber Co., Varisco Lumber Co.
McBride Transfer and Storage Co
add Mosber Steel Co. of Houston
Howell Lumber Co. also donated
drivers for trucks loaned for bon
fire use.
dent couple who gave all the change
in their pockets, promised a sub
stantial check and offered to baby
sit with the solicitoi’’s children as
she made her rounds.
After all,” the student said, “we
live here now, and we should expect
to do our part in the community.”
On the Knoll, a housing develop
ment in College Station, a group
young boys passed an envelope
among their friends, then donated
it to the drive. The sum: 19 cents.
One lady, when asked for a con
tribution, donated three sizable
checks—one for the drive, and one
each for the Salvation Army and
the Red Cross. These twu she gave
as a memorial to her deceased son,
who had been deeply intei’ested in
these agencies before his death.
Perhaps the warmest of all the
stories was that of a retired couple
living on a meager pension. The
solicitor had hesitated to approach
them at fii’st, but when she did,
they contributed one badly needed
dollar.
“Just because we have quit earn
ing, we haven’t quit living,” the
elderly lady said.
Tt is incidents like this that re
store our faith in human natui’e,
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BAND’S BE VO—The Aggie Band expresses in its sign the
popular, at A&M College, idea that the Farmers will beat
the Longhorns this Thanksgiving. Quite a few other per
sons obviously thought so too, for every sign up this week
expresses the same conclusion.
Guard Schedule
For Bonfire
Bonfire guards for the rest
of this week are as follows:
Thursday
Milner Hall, Area I from 7
to 11 p.m.
Law Hall, Area I from 11
p.m. to 3 a.m.
Puryear Hall, Area I from
3 to 7 a.m.
Friday
Squadron One, Area I from
7 to 11 p.m.
A Infantry, Areas II and III
from 7 to 11 p.m.
Squadron Two, Areas IV and
V from 7 to 11 p.m.
B Infantry, Area I from 11
p.m. to 3 a.m.
Squadron Three, Areas II
and III from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m.
C Infantry, Areas IV and V
from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m.
Squadron Four, Areas I
from 3 to 7 a.m.
D Infantry, Areas II and
III from 3 to 7 a.m.
Squadron Five, Areas IV
and V from 3 to 7 a.m.
Weather Today
CLEAR
Forecast today is clearing with
no drastic change in temperatun
Yesterday’s high of 76 degrees
dropped to a cool 36 degrees in
the early hours this morning. Tem
perature at 10:30 a.m. was 50 de
grees.
Mrs. Heritage said. “For every
person that slammed the door in
our faces, there were five who gave
generously.’!
Only 51 of the 83 business houses
the city have contributed, and
20 businesses in Bryan have given
checks.
Ten of the College departments
have contributed 100 per cent to
the drive, leaving 90 with incom
plete contributions. Several of the
departments lack only one or two
members to have 100 percent.
The chest is still about $900 short
of its goal and the only substantial
source which has not reported is
Bi’yan Air Force Base.
Contributions should be mailed to
Robert A. Houze at the College Li
brary as soon as possible.
Day Train Stop
To Be Restored
To Local Area
Day train service has been
restored to the College Sta-
tion-Bryan area.
Effective Dec. 4, the Sa m
Houston Zephyr will stop
twice a day in North Zulch which
is about 20 miles east of Bryan
on the Madisonville highway.
The Zephyr, will pass through
North Zulch daily at 10 a.m. north
bound and at approximately 7:20
p.m. southbound, arriving at Dal
las at 12:37 p.m. and Houston at
9 p.m.
Robert H. Brown, district pas
senger agent for the Burlington
lines, said that because of the wide
response and enthusiasm received
to a survey of traffic potential for
daytime traffic, Burlington offi
cials approved the North Zulch
stop.
Making the 250-mile run from
Houston .to Dallas in 240 minutes,
the Zephyr makes brief scheduled
stops at Teague, Corsicana and
Waxahachie.
The stop at North Zulch also
will be biuef and passengers will be
asked to arrive at the station 15
minutes early so the station agent
can flag the train.
The stop is not a regularly
scheduled one and requires a sig
nal from the station agent for the
train to stop.
Texas May Return
Left-Over Tickets
There is a possibility that a few
tickets may be returned from Aus
tin this weekend, the athletic office
has announced.
“If we get these tickets they will
go on sale, first-come, first-serve,
Monday at 8 a.m.” said Pat Dial,
athletic business manager. “These
tickets will not be good in the stu
dent sections, but in reserved seat
sections only. No mail or tele
phone orders will be accepted,” he
added.
The A&M student section is fill
ed to capacity on paper with a total
of 7,615 tickets sold in this section.
This included 5,615 student activity
card holders and 2,000 date tickets.
A&M To Get
Feldman Art
Show First
A&M has the privilege of
being the first college in the
United States to show the
Feldman Collection of Con
temporary Texas Art. The
collection has two paintings by
Mrs. Ralph Terry, MSC art advi
sor.
The show will open Nov. 23, with
an afternoon coffee honoinng D. D.
Feldman, president of the Feldman
Oil Co., and the man who made it
possible to gather the paintings
together.
Hosts for the coffee in the Birch
and Assembly Rooms in the Memo
rial Student Center are the MSC
Art Group, the Directorate and the
Council. Several distinguished
people in art field are expected to
be at the coffee.
Following the showing at A&M,
the collection will begin a tour of
the United States for two years
and then travel to Europe for an
other year.
There are 75 paintings in the col
lection to be shown at A&M. Three
of the pictures are by local artists.
A great deal of interest has been
aroused in art circles on the show
ing at A&M. Many people will be
looking to see how the Aggies i-eact
to a show of fine art.
Purpose of the collection is to
give little-known artists a chance
to display their best efforts.
The 75 paintings will be on dis
play in the MSC until after the
Christmas holidays.
Precedent Broken
No Rain for Bonfire
By JOHN WEST
For the first time in about 20
years, it looks like the Aggies can
build the “world’s largest” bonfire
with dry feet.
There will be no rain during the
period November 17-28, according
to a long-range forecast by the
Oceanography Department.
‘Seems like it was dry once,”
said V. A. Little of the Entomol
ogy Department,” but it was a long
time back.” Little has been with
the Department around 20 years.
The weather report is part of a
series of experiments being carried
on by the Oceanography Depart
ment through the A&M Research
Foundation for the Air Force.
“A large per centage of previous
long-range -predictions have been
correct,” said Dr. A. H. Glaser,
meteorologist of the oceanography
department and project supervisor.
Working with Dr. Glaser on the
project are Dr. Glenn Jung and
William W. Hildreth, both of the
oceanography department.
The forecast, for College Sta
tion, Bryan and vicinity, is as fol
lows: today, cold with a freeze to
night; tomorrow, colder; Saturday,
about the same, slightly warmer;
Sunday, warming; Monday, fur
ther warming, some cloudiness.
Tuesday, wann with a norther
Tuesday night or Wednesday
morning; Wednesday, cooling;
Thanksgiving, cold, probable light
freeze, good football weather,
Northern style; Friday, about the
same, some warming; Saturday,
warmer; Sunday, still warmer and
Monday, who cares ?
Eleven Students
Make Field Trip
Eleven A&M students and two
staff members will make a two-
day wool and mohair study, field
trip to New Braunfels and San
Angelo today and tomorrow.
This is an annual field trip to
show students taking AH—41:8 : —
Wool and Mohair Production—how
these products are handled after
they leave the ranch, according to
Dr. Tom Watkins Jr., who will be
in charge of the trip. He will be
assisted by Bobby J. Ragsdale.
Students whp will make the trip
are Joe M. Auld of Kei-rville; Mau
rice W. Black of Iraan; Donald J.
Dierschke of Rowena; David Y.
Fawcett of Deli Rio; Marvin N.
Garner of Sheffield; Travis H.
Langford of Banders; Marvin N.
Meares of Kerrville; Padgett
Montgomery of Uvalde; Cecil M.
Skaggs Jr. of Houston; Allie R.
Thallman of Bandera, and Rich
ard G. Tongate of Brookesmith.
Installment Fees
Due This Monday
NOTICE
The Athletic Department is
making available 300 more tick
ets for the student section, ac
cording to Pat Dial, business
manager. These tickets will be
apportioned among the civilian
and Corps students, and distribu
tion will be handled by • these
groups. The Student Senate will
decide tonight who is to get the
additional tickets. More informa
tion will be in tomorrow’s Bat
talion. i
PUSH, FRESHMEN—Proof that A&M students do work is shown above as freshmen
and sophomores push a fairly large tree onto a trailer truck for transport to the drill
field. Bonfire guarding started Wednesday night with civilians taking the first three
days shift. The bonfire, which sympolizes the burning desire of every student to beat
the University of Texas, will burn Nov. 23.