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COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1953

Published By A&M Students For 75 Years

Price Five Cents

Rebuffs Ike Global Monies

own the ec® we spent uvigation aid n the CoastG, till ion dollats lids and aiinipent 150,.®; unit Marines; spent 1.1 b; and power:

dollars on 'GTON, July 22-(^>)- ,e an(j Ulli ican - controlled House tion prograr ent Eisenhower a stiff M .(j(| [ ^ ght as it voted to slashhat these p )0 off the President’s

while and Fam for mllltai'y and al interest O'apparent tli; ber passed the aid bill ams directly to the Senate where cely few p cuts may be restored, service rea til vote on final House

)ks as if Cos 288-115. on rate inci an 11th hour plea by the Postal bnt, Ithe House over- istitute polii beat down Democrat affect our oves to give Eisenhow-

id rural delint he had requested as---------.—nininnim.”

Guinea e approved a total of GVELAND, ’0 in new funds. In ad- leople and! ithorized the adminis- part of thepend 81,758,010,179 car­go last men: without commitment of the nati ppropriations. or a study caamler ordered the ad-

to turn back $414,800,- ............ .......over funds to the U.S.

lent had asked $5,188,- new funds to bolster- lies and to help some

''-*'ied countries with eco-

(AES had said earlier in his news conference,

rosed House cuts were nd Iwere harmful tourity.

.ouse, with Republicans ■ol, strongly supported ations committee i n its of 700 million dol- funds and more than i carryover money, reduction of $1,100,-

split between 800 mil- ry aid and 300 million isssitance — including 1 holdover funds.

A majority of Democrats present in the half-empty chamber sup­ported a handful of Republicans in their effort to restore some of the cuts, but an almost solid GOP ma­jority defeated them.

Republican and Democratic sup­porters of more money argued that Eisenhower should be given strong­er House support and said the military cut would “jeopardize” the European defense program.

Tyler UDC Give Flag To State

TYLER—(A1)—Tyler members of the United Daughters of the Con­federacy have given the state a battle-tattered flag carried by Tex­as Guards in the Civil War.

The flag was made in Tyler in 1858 by Mrs. George Bates, Mrs. John C. Robertson and Mrs. George W. Chilton and given to the guards by the women of Tyler.

The flag was brought home from the war by Maj. George W. Chil­ton, who was the father of Mrs. L. A. Henryf a member of Mollie Moore Davis Chapter, UDC, in Ty­ler.

Mrs. Henry, now dead, presented the flag to the local UDC chapter in a ceremony on May 26, 1921. The chapter decided recently to place the historic flag in the Con­federate Museum in Austin.

The flag has ten str-ipes. The field is divided into sections — one with words “Tyler Guards” and the other with the words “Texas Forever” surrounding a star.

igressmen Get vious for Home

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EX EASLEY Washington Service

|i, July -—UP)— Texas I'are getting itchy feet

home, the heat and uthstanding. leaders are plugging

11 adjournment,5 5 but (members feel it will middle of August.

wait for the end business before lett-

lilies go home—since to be back here for

if school in the fall, |ers|took their wives

to Texas and then here to tend their

Jem, Reps. Wingate m Dowdy, are batch-

the Lucas home in ji-lington, Va. Mrs. 5ir five children are lestead in Grapevine, wdy and children are

Stays With Sonunployed, (Tiger) Teague is

You build'Vith one of his sons,mar countn'got a summer at our count/] esg firm> and Mrs_Ronds. ier, Mis. J. O. Dun-

s getting over an ^endectomy that came or his anxious moth-k. She is down in

, ie two other Teague■ you!3, 30, the youngest

y an even bette® Texas congression- -ind new mow is anxious to get ary. mont and get some

,s home cooking. The yarning mteresUwo Marine combat l semiannual!;.was in the fig.hting

l, Okinawa and oth-go on earnin; single. He argues s the original:fast hot cakes beat

•° local restaurant.nk Wilson and' Mrs.

interest at tli(jas pian SOme trout semiannually). Montana mountain Series E Bondi — " “u work or t -gailizillg

ew Softballwishes to play soft-

■e View should eon- n apartment C-13-B,

gs Boot in charge of the is semester.

irs to BooIon B. Potter, 28, nee a jury when he liked into a jewelry

mask and drawn frighten the pro-

^yas convicted of rob- H A a 15-year sentence.

lake, driving out to that region first before heading down home. They won’t leave here until after the Aug. 15 marriage of their daughter, Marian Sue, to Robert Lyle, who FTa§ -JffSV finish'ed law school an(} plans-to beifin practice here.

Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark and Mrs. Clark, incidentally, have just announced that tKeir daughter, Mildred, will be married Aug. 7 here to Navy Ensign Thom­as Richard Gronlund at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament Church.

Elsewhere about town, among Texans, former Senator Tom Con- nally is keeping busy writing a biography. He and Mrs. Connally plan to go down to Texas later in the year to visit their children and grandchildren. They are talking about taking a vacation trip to Spain and other Mediterranean countries first.

U. S. Tax Court Judge Luther Johnson, who served in Congress from the Corsicana-Bryan district from 1923 to 1946, and Mrs. John­son intend to go to Texas late in August for the marriage of their granddaughter, Natalie McGee of Houston. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McGee of Fort Worth.

$11,800 Grants Made Available To Ag Station

Grants-in-aid and a grant, total­ing $11,800, have been made avail­able to the Texas Agricultural Ex­periment Station, Dr. R. D. Lewis of the Station, has announced.

The grant of $6,000 is from the Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Company of Des Moines, Iowa qnd will be used in support of investigations on the relationship of metabolic patterns, in poultry to production and per­formance. The work will be con­ducted under the supervision of Dr. H. O. Kunkel of the depart­ment of biochemistry and nutri­tion.

The grants-in-aid are from The Southwestern Sugar and Molasses Co., New York. It is a renewal of $3,000 in support of studies on the effects of molasses and other ingredients of varying qualities on heating and spoilage in mixed feeds. The work is being conduc­ted under the leadership of Dr. L. R. Richardson of the depart­ment of biochemistry and nutri­tion.

A $300 grant-in-aid is from the American Cyanamid Co. of New York to be used for research on turf at College Station. The re­search is conducted by the de­partment of agronomy.

The Hercules Powder Co. of Wil­mington, Del., has renewed their grant-in-aid of $2,500 for the per­iod of June 1, 1953 through May 1, 1954, in support of research on the effects of organic insecticides on beneficial insects. The reseai’ch is being conducted under the di­rection of Dr. J. C. Gaines, head of the department of entomology.

College BandFeatured On New Record

Hollywood—-(Sp.)—A compai*a- tive rarity—-a Commercial record by an undergraduate college dance band—went on sale late this sum­mer in campus record stores in all parts of the country.

The record, “Cream Puff” and “September In The Rain,” was made for Capitol by the Los Ange­les City College “Collegians,” win­ners of a contest sponsored by Metronome Magazine to find “the best college dance band in the land.”

Making a popular record under a m;yt>r. label, which will bring the band to the attention of the “big time” in short order, was a prize in the contest, in w;hich runners- up included Fred Dale’s Band (In­diana University), Charlie Scott’s Band (University of Richmond), and Ed Garlach’s Band (Univer­sity of Houston).

Fronted and mentored by Bob MacDonald of the LACC music faculty, the “Collegians” are a seventeen-piece swing group which features original, modern arrange­ments. MacDonald, a veteran dance musician, has been arranger for Red Norvo, Benny Goodman, and Bunny Berigan.

The winners were selected on the basis of private recordings sub­mitted to the judges: Bandleaders Stan Kenton, Ray Anthony and Billy May; Alan W. Livingston, Vice-President of Capitol Records; George Simon and Barry Ulanov, editors of Metronome Magazine.

Brush and Grass Fires Are Familiar to Firemen

The h&ngry, crackling roar of brush fires and the racing speed of grass-fires are becoming famil­iar to firemen at A&M this week.

All firemen taking the basic course of the 24th annual Fire­men’s Training School, sponsored by the Texas Engineering Exten­sion Service, receive a half-day’s instruction in brush and grass fire fighting.

Texas’ recent dry weather has made fire departments every- where more conscious of the need for instruction in methods of fire­fighting where water is scarce and the fire area is lax-ge.

Cooperation between the Texas Forest Service and TEES led to the development of the new study, where firemen learn the use of the forest-fire fighter’s tools and methods.

Heavy equipment used in fight­ing the fast-spreading fires which usually occur away from cities and towns is demonstrated and fire­men are taught ways of using it in conjunction with the lighter hand-tools which also are essen­tial.

They learn the best methods for setting back-fires and the most effective ways to use them.

Emphasis in fighting brush and grass-fires is kept on tools which are readily available, either through purchase at low cost or through making them of materials available to any fire department.

Members of the basic course are broken down into groups of 50 for the half-day’s instruction. These 5$-men squads are further divided into 10-men units, giving more personalized and individual atten­tion to each.

Large EnrollmentTotal em*ollment of the 24th an­

nual school as of the second morn­ing was 1,028 including firemen, fh'e marshalls, instructors and visitors.

Representatives were present from 440 cities and towns in at least 11 states and two foreign countries, Panama Canal Zone and Nepal.

Col. H. R. Brayton of TEES is director of the Firemen’s Training School.

Drouth Aid Is Promised Without Pledge Signing

Requests May Be Handled Through Local Committees

AUSTIN—UP)—Drouth-hurt Texas farmers and ranch­ers were promised Wednesday they would g-et all the help they need without too much red tape.

President Eisenhower, Gov. Allan Shivers and Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson answered a deluge of beefs that federal regulations would in effect require those getting help to swear they are paupers. The officials said no such statements are necessary.

Gov. Shivers emphasized that drouth aid will be handed out on a local basis by county committees who know the needs of applicants. He was assured by the President and Benson that these local committees have plenty of latitude in admin­istering the cut-rate feedstufs and financial help the federal government is offering, and no paupers’ oaths or financial reports are called for.

MISS LAKE WHITNEY—Rep­resenting Lake Whitney Associa­tion in the Miss Texas pageant at Galveston July 24-26 will be an 18 year old brunette from Cleburne, Paula Lane. In com­petition with other beauties from Bosque, Hill and Johnson Coun­ty, Miss Lane won the Miss Lake Whitney title recently.

Burchard to Write Articles for NNW

Prof. Donald D. Burchard, head of the journalism department, is one of 40 persons invited to write article pertaining to America’s newspapers for publication during National Newspaper Week October 1 to * 8.

The material will appear in a clip sheet which the NNW commit­tee will distribute to 10,000 daily and weekly newspapers for use during the week.

Theme for National Newspaper Week this year is “Freedom of In­formation.” The slogan is “An In­formed Press Means an Informed People.” During National News­paper Week editors will stress the fact that a free and uncensored press belongs to the people them­selves, not to the newspapers, and .that a free and uncensored press;. is of vital importance to all of our freedoms.

The Christian Rux-al Overseas Program in Texas has received pledges for 42 of the 65 head of pure-bred dairy cattle which will be part of the cargo for the CROP Emergency Relief Ship of Texas to Germany sailing from Houston sometime during the week of Aug­ust 7th.

The 42 head of cattle were con­tributed to CROP at a meeting held at A&M in connection with the Rural Pastor’s Conference re­cently held here. CIO labor or­ganizations in Texas pledged 20 head of cattle through Mr. D. Roy Harrington, secretary for the Texas State Industrial Union Coun­cil.

Outstanding PledgesAF of L labor organization in

Texas pledged 15 head of cattle through Mr. Paul Sparks, Execu­tive Secretary State Fed of labor. Five head of cattle were donated by Mr. Dooley Dawson, agricul­ture director for the Second Na­tional Bank of Houston.

Among individual contributors was E. B. Germany, Dallas and East Texas industrialist.

Plans for aid the advisability of the relief ship for Germany were discussed in detail at the State- wide CROP meeting which Dr. Daniel Russell, State CROP chair­man and professor of Rural Sociol­ogy at A&M presided.-

Mercy CargoThe Emergency Relief Ship from

Texas will carry one car of sugar, one car of lard, two cars of wheat, one car of cocoa, two cars of rice, one car of milo, clothing and the 65 head of dairy cattle.

Dedication ceremonies will be held in Houston August 7th. Dr. Daniel Russell, State CROP Chair­man; Mr. Bassett Orr, represent­ing the Texas Feed Manufacturers

Drought Effect Measured On State Health

Austin, July 23—A farm-to-farm ranch-to-ranch survey of Texas water resources is now underway in an effort to guage drought ef­fect on public health.

The State Department of Health conducted a similar survey earlier this year on incorporated cities and towns, but it failed to show the status of privately owned wat­er sources, such as farm and ranch tanks and private wells.

Information is being sought by questionaires sent from the State Health Department to all county judges. When complete, Dr. Geo. W. Cox, state health chief, says a compilation sheet will be made showing:

Water ProblemsTowns with ample water sup­

plies; towns with impending short­ages; number of wells and tanks and the amount of water available from them; how much water is be­ing hauled and from where; steps rural organizations are taking to relieve their shortages; to what extent is land being irrigated; and what outside help is necessary to relieve shortages in individual com­munities.

National attention has been di­rected to Texas in view of the drought-caused plight of West Tex­as cattlemen, but “there’s more to this thing than just cattle,” Dr. Cox said.

“When a drought becomes as widespread and as prolonged as this one, il^ affects every factor of state operation, including the pub­lic’s health.”

He said sanitation is the most serious threat posed by drought conditions.

“There’s some typhoid in Texas now,” he indicated. “Did contami­nated water cause it? We’re in the process of finding out.”

He said the bulk of the ques­tionaires are due in “soon,” and that a copy of the compiled data would be turned over to the State Office of Defense ahd Disaster re­lief.

Association; and Mr. Glenn Fuller, president of the Harris County Junior Dairy Cattle Club will ac­company this shipment to Ger­many. They will spend six weeks in that country making a survey and supervising distribution of the livestock.

Support AppreciatedMr. Walter Parr, CROP region­

al director for Texas, reported at the meeting on pi’ogress made in the program this year. He said that he was gratified at the co^ operative support being given CROP by farmers, union labor or­ganizations, churches, businessmen and civic clubs throughout the State. Mr. Parr related the story of “Operation Pig-lift” a project in which organized labor groups in Fort Worth raised funds to

send 200 pure-bred pigs to Hon­duras for a breed improvement program. The pigs were flown to Honduras and given to 4-C farm club boys early in June this year.

All Organizations WelcomeMr. Parr stated that any church,

farm group, civic club or individ­ual could join in this Christian re­lief program of helping suffering humanity by contacting the CROP Regional Office, P. O. Box 8007, Fort Worth, or by contacting any of the following: Dr. Daniel Rus­sell, College Station; Mr. Bassett Orr, Bryan; Mr. Dan Clinton, Harris County Agriculture Agent, Houston; or Mr. Dooley Dawson, Second National Bank, Houston. Also, the county agent in your county will be glad to handle con­tributions, Mr. Parr said.

The CROP Regional Director stated that $125.00 will pay for a dairy cow to be delivered to a German refugee family, hospital, or mission^

Fifty Aggies Finish Camp At Nellis

Fifty seniors from A&M Rave just completed a four-week en­campment at the Air Force Offi­cers Training Corps at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The camp ended July 18.

The schedule at the camp in­cluded physical examination, range firing of the .30 calibre carbine and .45 a utomatic, a flight in a T-33 jet trainer and tours of all the sections that make up the air force base.

Cadets attending the camp were James D. Altus, Harlingen; Norris L. Beard, Pasadena; Hollie L. Bris­coe, Jr., Bay City; William R. Curry, Sweeney; Edwin H. Ellison, Longview; Jerry F. Fontaine, Cen­ter; Michael M. Katz, Laredo; Elmer E. Kilgore, Luling; RobertB. Landrum, Taylor; Jerome L. Ledwig, Groom; George D. Martin, Athens.

Thomas J. McCullum Jr., Whee- lock; James R. Mecklin, Marfa; Stephen J. Novasad, Bernard; Franklin J. Page, Tivoli; Glenn R. Parma, Schulenburg; Donald R. Reaves, Big Spring; Billy K. Rec­tor, Uvalde; James H. Rogers, Texarkana.

Christophen C. Smith Jr., Grape- land; John A. Steen, El Paso; Otis W. Templer Jr., Crystal City; Billy J. Wallace, Eola; Max W. White, Selman City.

Marcus R. Williams, Dallas; Robert D. Williford, Denison; William C. Bolmanski and HenryC. Josey, Bryan; Dale B, DeRouen and Elmer S. Flowers, Port Arthur.

William F. Haney Jr., Fred C. Kirkham and Gerald W.' Marshall, Victoria; Coy W. Farrar Jr., Aus­tin; James E. Bauman and Leon­ard B. Davis, Orange; Robert P. Vernon and Edwin L. Arnold, Overton; John D. Centilli and Dan­iel A. Pedrotti, Del Rio.

Robert Braslau, Robert J. Creel, and Joseph W. Hintz, Galveston.

Charles W. Boyd, Bennie L. Heathman, and George F. Luquette Houston.

Daniel O. Atkinson, David H. Cline, Fort Worth.

Robert N. Johnson, and George E. Waples, San Antonio.

Fuller Completes Training Tour

SAN ANTONIO, July 22.—1st Lt. Gerald R. Fuller, veterinary student at A&M, will complete two weeks of active duty training here at Fort Sam Houston on July 26.

Lt. Fuller is attached to the 493rd Quartermaster Depot, a Dal­las army reserve unit, as incoming property officer. While training with this unit at the San Antonio General Depot, Lt. Fuller has been receiving practical on-the-job ex­perience.

The 493rd Quartermaster Depot is one of many organizations of citizen-soldiers which stand ready to bulwark the nation’s fighting strength in event of emergency. It contains both veterans like Lt. Fuller and newcomers to military life who are equipping themselves for responsible roles when called for their period of obligated mili­tary service.

Benson told Shivers by tele­phone Wednesday that the ag­riculture Department had nev­er contemplated requiring poupers’ oaths or finincialstatements from farmers and ranchei’s asking for help.

Members of local county com­mittees, as well as a state com­mittee, had interpreted a USDA directive as requiring such state­ments. Benson told Shivers such interpretations were incorrect.

Shivers said that the local com­mittees, made up of farmers ranchers, bankers and farm ex­perts, would be in a position to evaluate each application on t h e basis of need without red tape.

To determine eligibility, com­mittees were instructed to use these guides:

Two Requirements1) That a farmer or rancher

have less than a 30-day supply of feed to supplement roughage to maintain his foundation herd.

2) That a farmer or rancher be without financial ability to remain in business and satisfactorily main­tain his herd unless he can pur­chase feed at prices substantially below the prevailing market prices.

The governor kept at work on his state-wide program, which also emphasizes drouth help on a local level.

Members of the attorney gener­al’s staff and A&M officials con­ferred on methods under wRich the college could help in setting up a revolving fund to furnish hay (in addition to concentrated feeds al­ready planned to the federal gov­ernment) to drouth areas.

An early meeting of the A&M Board is expected.

The directors of the Texas Mo­tor Transportation Association will meet here July 24 to see what truck lines can do about cutting rates on feed-stuffs and livestock.

The State Health Department be­gan tabulating results of its state­wide survey of water supplies and related health problems.

It found some privately-drilled wells were being tied into home water systems. Water pressures are so low in some areas that a health hazard exists because of possible back siphonage into the water pipes from plumbing fix­tures.

TCU Ticket Sales Close August 1

The annual sale of season tickets to TCU’s home football games will close on Aug. 1, Ticket Manager Bruce Craig said today.

“Again we want to urge all fans who want season tickets to get their orders in by the dead­line,” he pointed out. “After Aug. 1, we will begin filling orders for individual game tickets. Of course fans will be able to buy tickets to all games after the deadline but they will have to take them where we are selling at the time the order is received.”

Craig said that indications now are that the sale of season tickets will be about the same as in 1952. Early orders indicated a $5000 in­crease in sales the first week but since that time the demand has leveled off about even with that of last year.

TCU officials had predicted a drop in sales because of drought conditions and shorter money. They do report a somewhat lighter de­mand for individual game tickets so far.

Near-capacity crowds are anti­cipated for the Texas A&M game here on Oct. 17 and for SMU on Nov. 28. Other games are with Kansas on the night of Sept. 19 and with Rice on Nov. 21.

Purebred Cattle Pledged for Relief