NEWSIn Brief

MARITIME GROUP PLANS NEW FLEET ADDITIONS

WASHINGTON ̂Jan. 12 —(#)— With an eye to American shipping needs in event of war, the Mari­time Commission today unwrapped a program to add $95,000,000 in new vessels to the United States Merchant fleet.

The plan calls for immediate construction of 17 new-type high speed passenger-cargo ships and tankers—all with so-called “Na­tional Defense Features” insuring easy and quick conversion to war­time use.

The program will be launched, a commission spokesman made it clear, if and when congress ap­proves President Truman’s budget request for funds to finance the subsidy operation.

Ships planned under the pro­gram include:

Ten tankers of various size to be built for oil and shipping compan­ies and costing about $23,000,000.

One 20,000-ton passenger cargo ship, costing $14,000,000 or more, to be built for Mississippi ship­ping co., New Orleans, and to op­erate between gulf coast ports and the Eastern Coast of South Ameri-

FORRESTAL EXPECTS TO REMAIN IN POSITION

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 —OP)— James V. Forrestal said after a talk with President Truman Tues­day, that he expects to stay on as secretary of defense.

Forrestal told White House re­porters he expects to submit his resignation soon as a matter of routine, but that he does not ex­pect it to be accepted.

He added, in response to ques­tions, that he wants to continue in his cabinet post and expects to do so.

Forrestal said he talked with the president about proposed changes in the Security Act.

He said the problem will be dealt with in a message Mr. Truman will send to Congress. “In the next two or three weeks.”

TRIAL DATE SET IN TEXAS CITY SUITS

GALVESTON, Jan. 12 —(£>)— The $200,000,000 Texas City dis­aster suits will be tried April 25.

Federal Jud^e T. M. Kennerly yesterday set the date shortly be­fore he adjourned court on the opening day of the current session here.

The U. S. government is being sued in more than 250 suits for a total of approximately $200,000,- 000 as a result of damages and in­juries suffered in the April 16-17, 1947 explosion at Texas _ City in which 812 persons were killed and nearly 2,000 injured.

In order to expedite trial of the cases, the plaintiffs and the gov­ernment have agreed to consolidate them to be tried as one case.

Various motions by both sides are scheduled to be heard Thurs­day by Judge Kennerly.

POLICE HOLD NEW “DAHLIA” SUSPECTS

LOS ANGELES, Jan .12 —(£>)— A bell hop who the police say knows minute details of the muti­lation killing two years ago of the “Black Dahlia,” Elizabeth Short, is held incommunicado today as a suspect.

He denied killing or even know­ing Miss Short, 22, a waitress with many boy friends and known as the “Black Dahlia” because of her fondness for sheer black clothing.

The girl’s nude body, bisected at the waist and otherwise mutila­ted, was found in a vacant lot Jan. 15, 1947.

WHITE DROPS DIVORCE SUIT AGAINST MOLLY

WAXAHACHIE, Jan. 12 —(£>)— Curtis Hall, attorney for Henry Ford White, said yesterday White will drop his appeal from a divorce decree granted his wife, the form­er Molly O’Daniel, here last Oct. 13.

Mrs. White, daughter of former Senator W. Lee O’Daniel, married Harold J. Moffatt, a Los Angeles stockbroker, in the California City late Tuesday. It was her third marriage. Her first husband was Jack Wrather, oil man and movie producer.

Her divorce from White, granted here by District Judge A. R. Stout, became final on Christmas eve. The judge stated last week that notice of appeal to the tenth court of civil appeals at Waco had been filed Dec. 20.

Hall told a reporter yesterday that White had decided to abandon the appeal in view of his wife’s remarriage.

ISRAEL COMPLAINS TO UNTEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 12 —<A>)

Israel asked yesterday that the United Nations Security Council be called to an urgent meeting to hear a complaint against Britain, ac­cusing her of unilateral interven­tion in Palestine.

WEATHEREast Texas —i

Occasional light] rain or drizzl except freezing rain northwest portion this aft­ernoon or tonightJ Thursday mostly cloudy and not so cold. Moderate to fresh northerly winds on coast.

West Texas ■Occasional freez­ing rain or rain

this afternoon or tonight with lit­tle change in temperatures. Thurs­day cloudy and warmer. Occasional rain Panhandle, South Plains and from Pecos Valley westward

The BattalionPUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE

Volume 48 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1949 Number 106

Aggieland 1949 Leads Annual Runoff Balloting With 2014

Aggieland 1949 piled up a large plurality of votes in the I which tallied 1,316 votes. Trailing in last place was Spirit of student election held last night. In the race to determine Aggieland with 763. Write-in votes were cast for 2 other the new name of the A&M yearbook Aggieland 1949 received names: The Longhorn and Sharecropper. The Longhorn 2,014 votes, only 53 short of a majority. received 59 of these write-ins.

Second highest total was accumulated by Final Review I Ballots were not picked up for Hart Hall or Dormitory‘ f 10, so no polling took place in those

Communist Threat To World Told By Fourth Army Chief

R. N. CRAIG of the Ag Engineering Department left, and G. L. ROBERTSON of the AH De­partment right, receive plaques from the A&M Chapter of the FFA as a token of appreciation for the work in their departments.

J. C. HART, president of the chapter, gives the plaque to Craig, and H. M. COX, vice president, gives the award to Robertson.

Two AH Professors Receive Plaques from FFA Chapter

By CLAY SPARKS

The A&M Collegiate Chapter of the Future Farmers of America recognized outstanding teaching performance at their last meeting of the fall semester Monday.

G. L. Robertson of the Animal Husbandry Department and R. N. Craig of the Agricultural Engi­neering Department were award­ed plaques and an honorary mem­bership in the FFA Chapter.

In awarding the plaques, vice- president Henry Cox said that these two men merited special rec­

ognition for their outstanding work in training future teachers of Vo­cational Agriculture.

Cox went on to say that the two were selected on their teach­ing procedure, enthusiasm, will­ingness to assist the students, and their general attitude of their responsibility as teachers.Robertson came to A&M from

LSU in September, 1941. He serv­ed as a graduate assistant in the Animal Husbandry Department un­til he entered the Army in 1942. He returned here in February, 1946 and was appointed an assistant

Dallas Symphony Receives OvationsBy WICK VAN KOUENHOVENSection II of the local Symphony

Week came into being last night, when Antal Dorati made his fare­well appearance in this area as conductor of the Dallas Symphony. The young conductor, who has sky­rocketed to national fame since reorganizing the Dallas Symphony three years ago, is resigning at the end of the season to become conductor of the Minneapolis Sym­phony.

Playing at the Stephen F. Aus­tin High School in Bryan as part

Timm to Speak At Ag Forum Meet In New Orleans

Tyrus R. Timm of the Agri­cultural Economics Department will go to New Orleans next week to attend the second annual meet­ing of the Southern Farm Forum January 20 and 21.

The Agricultural Committee of the New Orleans Association of Commerce sponsors this meeting in the interest of the agricultural industry of the South.

Various individuals and agencies are cooperating in the development of the Forum idea including agri­cultural educators, farm organiza­tion leaders, those engaged in agri­cultural industries, govemm e n t agencies, and many individuals and business concerns interested in the welfare of the agricultural indus­try, Timm said.

The program for the two-day meeting will consist of two parts —addresses on special subjects and panel discussion sessions.

Timm will deliver an address on “The Importance of the Growing Interdependence of Business and Agriculture.” He will also partici­pate in the panel discussions.

LIQUOR BOARD BEGINS NEW CLAMP DOWN ACTIONS

AUSTIN, Jan. 12 —(A>)_ The State Liquor Control Board has cracked down on sales by the drink in private clubs, administrator John Lawhon said today.

Lawhon said it could not be call­ed a statewide drive because the chief complaints have come from Dallas. Enforcement operations are now centered there.

Texas law prohibits the sale of liquor by the drink, in a private club or anywhere else, Lawhon said.

of the Bryan Artist Series, the Dal­las orchestra presented a complete­ly serious program.

After the opening number, the Bach Toccata and Fugue in C Minor, Dorati received applause that practically amounted to an ovation.The Beethoven Seventh Sym­

phony in A Major was played mag­nificently and profoundly. During the second half of the program, Ravel’s Waltz and Respighi’s “Pines of Rome,” two numbers which often sound obscure and muddled, were performed in a way to give the audience a new percep­tion of their value. The sole en­core was a Rossini overture.

How do the Dallas and San Antonio Symphonies compare, when heard o n consecutive nights? The difference is best summed up this way: San An­tonio has a good orchestra; Dal­las has a great one. But Texans may be proud of them both.The famous 8:15 freight which

interrupted so many concerts at the Grove this summer managed to break into symphonic brackets last night. Dorati refrained from beginning the Beethoven work un­til the train had finished whistl­ing.

Parsons Addresses Local DAR Chapter

The La Villita Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revo­lution met at the home of Mrs. J. J. Sperry last Thursday evening. Chapter members invited guests, and about forty were present.

After the usual opening ritual, and a short business session, Mrs. L. L. Fouraker, Regent, presented guest speaker, Major Norman J. Parsons of the A&M Military De­partment. He had spent some months in Italy and gave those present a picture of the country, its people and customs; also he gave an account of the relations and friendly attitude of the Italian people toward American boys in the service stationed there.

Since American music is to be a part of every program this year, Mrs. E. B. Reynolds played a num­ber of records.

Mrs. J. J. Sperry as hostess, was assisted by Mrs. Art Adamson, Mrs. Jack Clark and Mrs. J. S. Payne. Date loaf with whipped cream, cherries, and coffee were served to the members and their guests.

professor in September, 1948. He teaches animal nutrition and live­stock management, two courses that are required for all agricul­tural education majors.

Craig received his degree from A&M in September, 1937. He re­turned to A&M in 1941 as a mem­ber of the agricultural engineer­ing faculty. Craig entered the Army in 1942 and served as a cap­tain in the Field Artillery. After his discharge from the Army, he was appointed assistant professor in the Agricultural Engineering Department. He teaches Farm Shop.

John Bradford, senior agricul­tural education major, from Den­ton will guide the A&M Colle­giate Chapter of the Future Far­mers of America for the spring semester. He was elected presi­dent at the regular chapter meet­ing Monday.Other officers elected were J. R.

Sleeper, vice president; J. W. New­ton, second vice president; John Barnes, third vice president; Billy G. Survant, adviser; Bob Holmes, treasurer; James Stearman, secre­tary; Marvin Daniel, reporter; Pat Hall, parliamentarian; Elroy Otte, historian; Marvin Gwin, sentinel.

The chapter policy is to elect officers each semester in order that more men can be given leader­ship training, Cox concluded.

MOODY CONDITIONS “FAVORABLE”

By C. C. MUNROE“Communism is all but a few

short steps from complete domina­tion of Europe. Twenty one per­cent of the world’s land masses and 25 percent of the people of the world are now under communist domination, but the picture is not as dark as it might seem at first.”

With those words, Colonel E. L. Poland, assistant chief of staff of the Fourth Army, summed up the first in a series of talks on inter­national affairs and scientific de­velopments being sponsored by the Military Department.

He spoke before some 300 re­serve officers and cadets gathered last night in the Assembly Hall. He was introduced by Col. H. L. Boatner, PMS&T.

Giving his own personal opinion, Colonel Poland pointed out that as communism expands in the world, the administrative and logistical problems facing communistic lead­ers expand to almost uncontroll­able proportions.

“There are already signs of loss of control,” Colonel Poland stated, “and, in the future, it is possible that some of the nations now under direct communist con­trol may break away.”With the use of a large world

map, Colonel Poland outlined the strategic areas of the world and then illustrated the extent of com­munist penetration. From the vul­nerable Japanese home islands, across Asia, through the Middle and Near East, across Europe and into Latin and South America, areas of red infiltration were poin­ted out.

“Japan,” he stated, “is situated in such a position that she could easily be blockaded by enemy sub­marines using the Snorkel tube captured from the Germans.” An­other vital area that has its bor­ders lined with communist forces

AUSTIN, Jan, 12 —(A>)_ At­tendants at Brackenridge hospital here Tuesday said the condition of Former Governor Dan Moody was “favorable.”

Moody entered the hospital Mon- i Fuller Houses, Inc., all of Wichita, day suffering from pneumonia. Kansas.

Horn Will Address ‘Engineer’ Staff

Louis J. Horn, director of pub­lications for the Engineering Ex­periment Station, will be the prin­cipal speaker at a meeting of the Engineer Staff Thursday at 7 p. m., in Room 206, Goodwin Hall.

Horn graduated from Kansas State College in 1939 with a de­gree in Industrial Journalism and has recently been with the Engi­neering and Industrial Experiment Station of the University of Flori­da at Gainesville.

He has held previous positions with the Beech Aircraft Corpora­tion, Boeing Aircraft Co., and

is India. Iran is under constant pressure, as are all the countries of the Middle and Near East.

Colonel Poland showed the ex­tent of infiltration into Europe.

“France is a battleground with­out a battle. The Low Countries are having to fight communist in­fluences constantly. Spain, while definitely a dictatorship, is anti­communist. Italy, in spite of the recent election victories, is report­ed to have an ever increasing amount of communist infiltration.”

“Even South America,” Col. Poland continued, “is not free from red influences.” The area of political unrest in Latin and South America are breeding grounds of communist activity.” Colonel Poland commented that

communism is on the increase throughout Mexico, especially among the oil field workers. Many

Mexican officials are fearful that the communists could cut the Uni­ted States off from important Lat­in American oil shipments.

One of the greatest elements re­sisting the spread of communism is religion. “Not any particular religion,” Colonel Poland said, “but any religion that believes in a supreme being. The communists will find that the will of God is stronger than the will of man.”

Concluding his talk, the Fourth Army chief said that he did not believe that the United States would ever be stampeded into com­munism. “However there are sinis­ter elements at work and they must be combatted.

If there is any message that should be given to the people of our country it should be ‘Wake up America, it’s time to protect your heritage!”

Robert Smith Named 1949 King CottonBob Smith was named King Cotton for the

Fifteenth Annual Cotton Style Show Pageant and Ball by the Agronomy Society in its meeting last night. The event has been scheduled for April 29.

Don Decker of E Battery, Field Artillery was electedsocial secretary. John Endrizzrt was named president of the so­ciety for the coming semester, and Ivan Bohuslav was elected vice- president.

Other officers elected were George Deshea, secretary; Thomas R. O’Brien, treasurer; Maurice Spears, parliamentarian; and Ger­ald Darby, reporter. Dr. C. E. Fer­guson was elected faculty adviser for the coming semester.

Smith, an agronomy major from Rule, Texas, is CO of E Battery, Field Artillery. In addition to be­ing a member of the Ross Volun­teers and HJSK Hometown Club, he is secretary of the Student Sen­ate. He also serves as chairman of the Student Senate Social Com­mittee. He will graduate in June.

Before the elections were held, Virgil Caraway, retiring presi­dent of the society, asked for a report from Frank Morris, re­tiring secretary. Morris told the group that the L. G. Balfour Company had asked for an addi­tional sum of $25 to cover the cost of making dies.After a discussion, Morris said

that he would attempt to get the company to bear the expenses of the dies in view of the number of keys which would be bought in the future.

The society voted to send Dr.

And the Wind Blew

‘Tall Tales Contest’ Finds Aggie Liars Are Bashful

By FRANK CUSHINGSomething is apparently amiss

in Aggieland. Things have come to a pretty pass indeed. Monday the Batt “Tall Tales Contest” was opened with a fanfare from ruby- encrusted trumpets and a shot from a pearl handled six-shooter reput­ed to have been Peco Bill’s. And what happens? Nothing!

All indications pointed towards a hard battle between contestants. Today, a sti’ange lack of entered lies confronted the eager judges.

Either Aggies are morally against telling untruths, or there is a bunch of bashful liars around this campus. Come, come gents. Don’t wait. Send that fab­ulous fable to 301 Goodwin post haste.

Some people have wondered just who is eligible to enter. For their information all employees of A&M are qualified as well as all students. The term employee’s includes not only those who work for their living at the school, but instruc­tors.

Many students have requested that business professors be bar­red from entering. They present the valid argument that these men are bound to be commercial­ized experts in the occupation

since they support their families and themselves entirely by bull­ing. After careful consideration of the question, the contest judg­es have decided that it would be unfair discrimination against that department. Thus, business teachers too may enter.The somewhat doubtful distinc­

tion of entering the first eligible “Tall Tale” goes to Bruce Place. He says in his bid for the title,” In the spring of 1926 I was just learning to walk. After I was able to stand upright pretty well, my Ma put little shoes upon me and turned me out into the yard. The same year my Pa and brothers were building a new silo to store feed in for the following winter. It must have been 60 or 70 feet high.

“While Pa and my brothers were working on the roof of the silo, I began to crawl up the ladder to see if they were doing a good job. Nobody noticed me un­til I had reached the top and was out on the slanting tin roof.I slipped and started sliding to­wards the roof’s edge.“When I got to the edge, I just

kept going, and down I started. I thought I was a goner but just then my little dress opened like a parachute and I drifted down to

earth like a feather. This excited my Pa and he yelled down to me, “Now you git in the house and be­have.”

Joe Bodine had entry number two. With his right hand upon a Bible and his left hand busily crossing his heart he relates,” While home during Christmas vacation my Dad wanted me to help him out for a day or so.“He asked me to clear 150 acres

of heavily-wooded land. I felt like I needed a little exercise so I told him I’d be glad to. I went to the shed and got out the sixteen axes I knew I’d need. With one in each hand I started chopping at the sturdy trees.

“As quick as one ax would start smoking, I’d toss it in a lake that was in the center of the woods. This lake was a mile wide, and two miles long. There the axes would cool while I used two new ones.“You’ll find this hard to believe,”

states Bodine with a sincere ring to his voice, “But when I had fin­ished, the whole darned lake had evaporated because of the red-hot axes tossed in it. I didn’t pause to look at the dried up spot though. I had to walk fast to get out of the freshly-cleared land. All of the chips were starting to fall.”

H. H. Hampton to the funeral of loland Dutton at Boyd, Texas. The body of Dutton, a former A&M student, is being returned to the United States for reburial. The group decided to allow the new officers to select one student to represent the society during the services. Flowers will also be sent.

Caraway distributed several copies of the magazine, Crops and Soils, and asked the students to aid in the subscription drive. He pointed out that for each three-dollar subscription sold the local society would receive one dollar. He said that he planned to send) off a group of subscrip­tions in the near future.The meeting was attended by 55

members, including 7 faculty mem­bers.

Survey Shows BuyingHahits Of Students

By GEORGE CHARLTON

Buying trends of the aver­age A&M student are now be­coming apparent as the Col­lege Market Survey goes into its fourth day of operation.

Questionnaires which have been turned in to The Battalion office show that the average student smokes either Lucky Strikes or Chesterfields; that if he smokes at all he smokes one pack a day; that he eats either Hershey or Mounds candy bars; that he reads Life magazine: and that he reads every issue of The Battalion.

The Market Survey, in co-opera­tion with the Student Publications, will contact 10 percent of all stu­dents to find out how much and how many of a specific item are us­ed at this college and which brand names are most popular and why. This survey also aims at finding out how much money is spent by cadets and veterans during a 12 month period and what it is spent for. Subject matter of the ques­tionnaires vary from college ex­penses to recreational expenses.

Names of persons interviewed are not recorded since the purpose of the survey is not to reveal the buying trends of individuals but students as a whole'.

Not all questions are applicable to students. For example, “What is your brand of lipstick, face powder, cologne?” and “About how often do you give yourself a home per­manent?”. No comment is needed here.

Original plans called for inter­viewing 227 cadets on the cam­pus, 247 veterans, 139 day stu­dents, and 84 married veterans living in college housing. At the Annex, 121 students are to be interviewed—111 cadets and 10married veterans.

dorms.Aggieland 1949 collected almost

49% of the total votes cast with runner-up Final Review receiving slightly less than 32%. Last place Spirit of Aggieland mustered only 18% with the remaining votes go­ing to The Longhorn.

Since the leading vote-getter, Aggieland 1949, did not receive a majority of the votes cast, it will be necessary to hold another run­off later this week. The next bal­lot will carry only the top 2 names, Aggieland 1949 and Final Review. In this way a majority of votes for one of the names will be in­sured.

Only slightly more than 50% of the students cast votes in yester­day’s election. This figure is lower than the 54% who voted in last Thursday’s contest.

Dorm No. 1Aggieland 1949—84; Spirit of

Aggieland—30; Final Review—27.Dorm No. 2

Final Review — 87; Aggieland 1949—58; Spirit of Aggieland—14.

Dorm No. 3Aggieland 1949—87; Final Re­

view—38; Spirit of Aggieland— 25; The Longhorn—5.

Dorm No. 4Final Review—108; Aggieland

1949—58; Spirit of Aggieland—15.Dorm No. 5

Aggieland 1949—62; Spirit of Aggieland—42; Final Review—30.

Dorm No. 6Aggieland 1949—99; Final Re­

view—53; Spirit of Aggieland—34.Dorm No. 7

Final Review — 111; Aggieland 1949—77; Spirit of Aggieland— 16; The Longhorn—3.

Dorm No. 8Final Review—100; Aggieland

1949—80; Spirit of Aggieland— 30; The Longhorn—3.

Dorm No. 9Aggieland 1949—115; Final~Rs?*“

view—57; Spirit of Aggieland— 38; The Longhorn—4.

Dorm No. 11Aggieland 1949—60; Final Re­

view—54; Spirit of Aggieland—11; The Longhorn—3.

Dorm No. 12Aggieland 1949—59; Final Re­

view—51; Spirit of Aggieland—12.Dorm No. 14

Aggieland 1949—114; Final Re­view—43; Spirit of Aggieland—26.

Dorm No. 15Aggieland 1949—109; Final Re­

view—31; Spirit of Aggieland—25; The Longhorn—1.

Dorm No. 16Aggieland 1949—97; Final Re­

view—31; Spirit of Aggieland—31.Dorm No. 17

Aggieland 1949—131; Final Re­view—42; Spirit of Aggieland— 20; The Longhorn—2.

Law HallAggieland 1949—119; Spirit of

Aggieland—35; Final Review—29; The Longhorn—3.

Puryear HallAggieland 1949—79; Spirit of

Aggieland—38; . Final Review—30.Milner Hall

Aggieland 1949—71; The Long­horn—31; Final Review—27; Spirit of Aggieland—26.

Leggett HallAggieland 1949—53; Final Re­

view—34; Spirit of Aggieland—23.Mitchell Hall

Aggieland 1949—82; Final Re­view—26; Spirit of Aggieland— 18; The Longhorn—4; Sharecrop­per—2.

Walton HallAggieland 1949—121; Final Re­

view—46; Spirit of Aggieland— 33.

Annex StudentsFinal Review—255; Spirit of Ag­

gieland—215; Aggieland 1949—176.Non-Dorm Students

Aggieland 1949—23; Final Re­view—6; Spirit of Aggieland—6.

Senate Committee Wants Ideas On Campus Security

The Campus Security Commit­tee of the Student Senate is in­terested in receiving any con­structive suggestions relative to the manner in which the Campus Security Office functions, George Edwards, chairman of the com­mittee, said late last night.

Suggestions for improvement may be addressed to the Cam­pus Security Committee, Student Senate, Box 5252, College Sta­tion, or to any of the eight mem­bers:

George R. Edwards, 217-11; Paul H. Landry, 228-1; George E. Marble, 217-4; C. E. Christie, 412-14', James D. Whatley, 401- 12; Marvin L. Stone, B-12-1 An­nex; Weldon E. Williams, 325 First Street, Bryan; Richard D. Hodges, Trailer J-4.

Edwards said that it is im­portant that all suggestions be made before next Wednesday.