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Member Associated Press Price .) Cents No. 280 VOLUME 77 Seventy-Six Serving the Brazos Valley BRYAN, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1953 Orange Visions Victory After All Night Battle CJ MOVING OUT OF by the Sabine River, Mr. and Everett Kelley with help of neighbor T. W. in center, load their possessions on a truck to mova tham out of tha area of rising waters.

Two First AiV.il For Field Day Has 200 From Ten Cities Of Texas rolled out its agricultural carpet Thursday before around 200 business men from ten Texas cities, many of whom signified by a show of hands that they were paying their first visit to the campus. The occasion was the fourth annual field day for agricultural and farm and ranch clubs of Texas cities. Dean Chas. N. Shepardson of the School of Agriculture was in charge of arrangements and presided at the Five From Bryan To Get Degrees From Bayior U.

Five from Bryan and three neighboring towns are among the 577 graduating students of Baylor university, to whom an assortment of IB earned college degrees will be presented in commencement exercises Friday, May 29. Among candidates for the Bachelor of Arts degree are Ann Elizabeth Chambless, Mrs. A. A. Lenert Martha Jane Martin, David Mitchell Mebane, and Ethyl Aileen Smith, all of Bryan.

Carole James of Hearne and Betty Jo Walker ot Normangee are candidates for Bachelor of Business Administration degrees, while Glen Calvin Miller of Navasota is a candidate for the degree of Master of Science in Education. Dr. J. D. Grey, immediate past president of the Southern Baptist Convention, will preach the baccalaureate sermon in Waco Hall at 11 a.

m. of commencement day, and Dr. James P. Hart, chancellor of the University of Texas, will make the commencement address at graduation exercises in Baylor Stadium at 7:30 p. m.

the same day. Dr. Grey, Dr. Hart, and two others will receive-honorary degrees. The other recipients are W.

P. Hobby, publisher of the Houston Post and former governor of Texas, and J. Sayles Leach, president of the Texas Company and a Baylor alumnus. Danish Student Crash Fatality The Allied student killed in crash of a T-28 about one-mile from Bryan Air Force Base has been identified as Christian A. Jensen, a Danish student.

Jensen was in the class of 53- and had been at the local base only two months. His plane crashed in the Thompson creek area about 6 p. m. Wednesday when he was practicing landings and luncHopn served in the Memorial Student Center. Representatives were present from Bryan, Bay City, Conroe, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Lubbock, Lufkin, San Antonio and Tyler.

As buses arrived during the forenoon, they were routed around a seven-stop tour of research and teaching facilities west of the railroad tracks, then a tour over the campus and back to the Center. At each of the scheduled stops, members of the respective agricultural departments gave a brief summary of the research projects underway and an explanation of how the facilities were used in teaching the fundamentals of agriculture to the young men of Texas enrolled as students. In order, these stops were the horticultural farm and greenhouse, beef cattle center, poultry center, introductory grass nursery, dairy center, agronomy field laboratory and entomology research laboratory. Dr. M.

T. Harrington. president and chancellor-elect, officially welcomed the visitors to the facilities following the luncheon. What the System covers and how it operates for the benefit of Texas agriculture were told by Vice Chancellor D. W.

Williams. Other speakers included Director G. G. Gibson of the Agricultural Extension Service and Director R. D.

Lewis of the FUNERAL IS SATURDAY Death Today Of Bryanite From Polio Tne brief illness which caused the untimely death of Mrs. George D. Franklin was diagnosed as polio, according to the husband and father of the deceased. The death was the first in Brazos County caused from polio in a number of years and the sixth case of the disease reported here this year. Mrs.

Barbara Jane Franklin, 26, passed away at the family home, 1506 S. College Road, at 5:45 o'clock this morning. She was born in Bryan April 13, 1927. Funeral services will be held at the home, Saturday afternoon at 5 with Rev. R.

L. Her- I ring, pastor of the Calvary Bap- I fist church, of which Mrs. klin was a member, officiating. Interment will be in the Brv- i an City cemetery with the following serving as pall bearers, I I Joe Daisa, Tom Stewart. Don i Dougherty, David Butler, John M.

Lawrence III, and Johnny Blasienz. Surviving are the husband, George D. Franklin; one daughter, Barbara Alicia, and her par- 1 ents, Mr. and Mrs. Mills P.

Walker, all of Bryan; three sis- ters, Mrs. Coulter Hoppess of Bryan and Miss Shirlireed Walker and Mrs. Davis D. Wilson, both of Fort Worth. Coming today to be with the family and attend the funeral and interment services on Satur- the field day.

Shuttle buses were I wer.e C- run over the route of the fere- and Ben. pother and sister of Mr. Frank- lin, and from Fort Worth were i Miss Walker and Mr. and Mrs. D.

D. Wilson and children, i Other relatives and friends will arrive on Saturday. Army right of 5,000 In With Water weeks ago Deweyville reinforced the Sabine River dikes and held the river within the banka, but thia time the riaing river broke through the dike and isolated the small river town. (AP Wirephoto) A GIFT FOR THE FIRST SPELLER Jackaon of Quail, Texaa, haa a great big amile even though ahe was the first to be eliminated in the National Spelling Bee finals in Washington. For that feat, she geta a portable radio from Charlea Schin- director of the bee.

(AP Wirephoto) Agricultural Experiment Station. Each visitor was allowed to select his own points of interest i during the afternoon portion of ORANGE, May 22 army of almost 5,000 workmen battling to save this industrial center from its worst flood in history got an encouraging word today. looks as though winning the said John (Simmons, president of the Sabine River Authority, after an all night fight to strengthen present dikes and build a new emergency levee. have built levees around practically all of the north and east sides of Orange, the areas of greatest i he said. The greatest test of the bulwarks thrown up against the raging Sabine River will come early tomorrow.

At 6:30 a. m. the river stood at 7.02 feet near the downtown section and was rising one half to 1 inch an hour. The Weather Bureau has predicted a crest of 9.5 feet at 6 a. m.

tomorrow'. Without Reat Should the muddy floodwaters sweep over Orange and the surrounding area, it would cause mendous property damage. The thousands of workers, most i of them volunteers, worked with- out rest last night to save the city from the dread overflow. Hun! dreds of pieces of heavy equip. ment helped them move tons and Jaycees have received a note of tons of earth for a three-mile long thanks for a check for $50 which auxiliary dike half a mile from the group forwarded last week the main levee in an effort to kwp to the V-aco Junior Chamber ot, downtown business section Commerce to be used in relief Sandbag levees were raised of tornado sufferers.

to protect outlying residential sec- Tne note was read to the local tions, the berthing group at a meeting Thursday. area for big mothball Mrs. Kirby Wharton appeared Bryan Jaycees Read Waco JC Note of Thanks idelands Bill Signed Today iSHINGTON, May 22 ment: Pres jent Eisenhower signed am pleased to sign this the oil lands bill to- measure into law recognizing certs here. day with a declaration that the ancient rights of the states in Cliff Carter spoke on the acti- gnizing the claim to i th submerged lands within vities of the Little League which he predicted. before the meeting on behalf of the Civic Music Association which is now selling memberships in the organization which will function next season for a series of con- Navy levee ia in good Simmons said.

Riverside addition levee has been strengthened and raised and the auxiliary levee behind that haa been built up to 12 feet. think we have things under noon tour so that stops rowM be made at any point for as long as the individual desired and his interest was held. Other buses took part of the crowd to the Brazos River Valley Laboratory across the Brazes River, and passenger cars were used to take visitors to departments and laboratories on the campus. An 18-page guide helped each visitor select the points of his main interests. This guide in itself is a broad panorama of the courses in agricultural instruction of the Texas College and of the research underway to keep agricultural practices abreast of the times.

OPERATE ON 41-YEAR OLD AMERICAN SIAMESE TWIN BOSTON. May 22 Ufi Miss Margaret Gibbs will undergo an abdominal operation tomorrow, but her sister Mary also has to be anesthesized. They are Siamese twins, joined near the base of the spine. The Holyoke twins of 41 entered the New England Dea- cones? Hospital to prepare for the operation. They are said to be the only American born Siamese twins to live to the age of 41.

The nature of the operation was not disclosed. WEATI1EII NORTH CENTRAL Partly cloudy this afternoon, tonight and Saturday. Widely scattered thunderstorms tonight. Cooler Saturday and in wrest and north tonight. WEST TEXAS Partly cloudy, cooler tonight, in Panhandle this afternoon and elsewhere Saturday.

EAST cloudy this afternoon, tonight and Saturday, widely scattered thundershowers in north Saturday. Cooler northwest Saturday. Fresh to locally strong southerly winds on the coast. SOUTH CENTRAL Partly cloudy and warm this afternoon, tonight and Saturday. Fresh to locally strong southerly winds on the coast.

Rep. Dewey Is On Committee Given Praise A resolution commending the work of the Committee on Conservation and Reclamation, of which Rep. B. H. Dewey was a member, has been issued by the House of Representatives and a copy presented to each committee member.

Headed by Rep. Dorothy Gurley, the committee has dealt with the problems of conserving and reclaiming the natural resources of water, soil and land. The resolution, signed by the Speaker of the House, Reuben E. Senterfitt, stated that the committee worked diligently, considering, rewriting and amending the bills in order to safeguard the resourses and establishing a and far-reaching policy in encouraging development for the benefit of all the It read in part House recognizes and commends its committee on Conservation and Reclamation for the splendid and outstanding job Retiring TAES Agronomy Head Dinner Honoree More than 100 of his associates attended a dinner at the Fin Feather Club Thursday evening honoring E. A.

Miller, retiring agronomist for the Agricultural Extension Service of the Texas College system. District agents who are attending the bi-monthly conference on the college campus this week thesi lands is in keeping with principles of honesty and fair At the White House were more than 40 congressmen. They applauded when the President penned his signature to the hotly controversial measure, fullfillmg one of his chief campaign promises. The tidelands bill recognizes coastal states' title which they already claimed to submerged lands their historic and has special reference to the oil rich lands off Texas, Louisiana, California and Florida. Eisenhower issued this state- their hisforic boundaries.

will open the season Monday af- I have said many times I temoon with a parade and a deplore and I will always resist double header Monday night, federal encroachment upon The group voted to start selling rights and affairs of the states Scotch Lite-a-Bike tape at Bryan Recognizing the claim to ball parks next week. They will these lands is in keeping with niake efforts to have all bicycle basic principles of honesty and owners place the tape on their lair play bikes for a safety precaution. "This measure also recognizes the interests of the federal government in the submerged lands outside of the historic boundaries of the states. Such lands I should be administered by the I federal government and income therefrom should go into the iederal (See TIDELANDS, Page 5) BRYAN AHEAD OF LONGVIEW BUI DECISION IS AWAITED Grand Old Opry Show to Benefit Junior Baseball Top stars direct from the WSM Grand Ole Opry will be here Tuesday night for a benefit performance at Bronco Field. The show will begin at 8 and all children under six years of age will be admitted free.

There will also be a special section for campus uus No, decision on the transfer of, scheduled meet Temple at The wiU sponsored by were present. Vernon G. Young of the Big home May and American Legion and ail pro-, of Gonzales, head of District 10 State League had been made by at home for another three-game ceecjs go to the American poured over the road in Louisiana Big Job Today The big job today was to strengthen the temporary protective levees with sandbags and keep the dike from being breached by the fast moving stream. The Navy here was on an emergency basis, all leaves and liberties canceled and every available man thrown into the flood fighting forces. Big plants here have curtailed their operations as much as possible to release workers for the levee building.

Seven of nine city schools were closed today, including three schools in the Riverside addition which received some flood water from seepage from the levee. There has been no general evacuation order in the threatened Riverside and Brownwood additions in North Orange but several hundred families have moved out. A few piled household goods in trucks and took them with them. Highway 90 was closed this morning when three feet of water press time today, but local offic- series against the Austin Pioneers Legion Junior Baseball club, ials are expecting a definite an- 31 and June Included in the cast of stars are swer from the Pittsburgh front The Waco team was left without I such radio favorites as George office some time Saturday. a playing site when Katv Park, Morgan and his Candv Kids.

The A group of Bryan men staged a its home field, was destroyed by 0f paducah. Rav Price, the presided. Miller reached retirement stat- ur on May 1 after 35 years service as subject matter specialist for the extension service, which ijoX seat ancj sjgn drive tornado May 11. included 33 years as head of the agronomy division. A native of Austin County, he entered College in 1904 and was graduated with the class of 1908.

A period of teaching post Dickens Sisters and Red Jarrett between Orange and Vinton. The Louisiana Highway Department built a temporary dike at the east end of the Sabine River crossing at Orange to prevent the approach from being washed away. At Deweyville. on the Sabine 12 miles north of Orange, the river crested at 19.99 feet during the night and had remained stationary for four hours ending at 5 a. The floodwaters swept day afternoon and sold 55 com- The Waco franchise is actually ancj xennessee Pioneers, plete boxes of four and 20 fence by A.

H. Kirksey, Waco busi- Advance tickets are on sale at signs by noon Thursday. Long-; nessman, although the Pirates are The 00 teryt Corner Drugs, Bul- other city standing a operated entirely by Pittsburgh. jock-Sims, A. M.

San- chance to get the In the event the park is rebuilt j.ey Conway W. S. ed a drive Monday and had sold or another playing site becomes and Pharmacy and today graduate work at Cornell Univer- 18 fence signs and 43 boxes by available in Waco before the 1954 win be sold 1qt a lmie than over the little sawmill town of sity, staff work with the state 7:30 Wednesday night. Longview season the team would be moved those sold at the gate Tuesday 800 yesterday when a levee broke agricultural department, Austin, told Fred Herring, assistant to back to that city provided Kirk-! night under the avalanche of water. The and four years as agricultural rep- Branch Rickey, Pittsburgh Pirate sey desires to retain the franchise.

nearbv community of Ruliff also resentative for the Louisville and vice president and general man- However if no park becomes MRS. FDR AT TOKYO Was flooded. Nashville Railroad filled the per- ager, that more of each could pro- available in Waco by 1954 Pitts-1 TOKYO, May 22 iod between graduation and ap- bably be sold. But Bryan offi- burgh could continue to operate Eleanor Roosevelt arrived at the Flue, Stove Are Causes of Fire A defective flue and oil stove resulted in fires which called out fire department yesterday. The house, located at 804 North Preston Avenue and occupied by Will Walker, caught fire from the flue.

Slight damage to the roof of the house was the only damage. An exploding oil stove in the home of Ethel Mae Hines, 203 Peach street, called out the firemen, but no damage was done. pointment to the Extension Service staff in 1918 by Dr. T. O.

Walton, then extension director and later president of College. During his one-third of a cen- Temple Eagles, tury service, Miller pioneered many of the soil and crop practices which are standard for Texas farms and ranches. These comprised the adoption and increased planting of winter legume crops and use of fertilizer to restore soil fertility; substituting corn hybrids for old-fashioned varieties; and adaption of research findings to diverse farming. those days it often was difficult to find farmers willing to demonstrate the newer Miller reminisced last night. they grew' to approve the advanced methods.

Today, a suggestion will turn a farmer into a demonstrator, whereas a lot of missionary work was needed to obtain the same results 30 years ti ago. In his long service, Miller estimated he had traveled one million miles ever Texas and only once was involved in an accident. Returning to Bryan one night, his train was derailed in the Bryan yards but he was un(See DINNER, 5) cials knew they could sell more the franchise wherever it sees fit. with a little more time. At any rate, Pittsburgh has an- If the team is moved to Bryan, it will open a home stand here Thursday, May 28 against the The Pirates are nounced that if the Waco club is transferred it will be for the remainder of the 1953 season at least.

0 Tokyo International Airport from the U. S. today. She is expected to stay in Japan until June 25 on the invitation of the Japan Committee for Intellectual Interchange. Preaident Syngman Rhee.

right, pins high Korean miliiary medal on Capt. Joseph McConnell of Apple Valley, as Capt. Manuel J. Fernandes of Miami, waits to be similarly decorated. McConnell, with a score of 16 MiG's to his credit, is the world's leading jet ace and Fernandes is a close second with 14 downed (NEA Radiophoto) Legion Auxiliary Plans Poppy Sale For Saturday Poppies will bloom on tha streets of Bryan Saturday.

Members of the American Legion Auxiliary of Earle Graham Unit 159 will be on the streets distributing veteran-made poppies to the citizens of Bryan, in an effort to collect funds for hospitalized and other disabled veterans. Citizens have been asked to give liberally, as every coin dropped into the contribution boxes will go to help those who gave so much during the last three wars. Auxiliary workers will be assisted by a number of young girls of Bryan. GOLD BULLION STOLEN NEW YORK, May 22 Theft of six bars of gold bullion worth $27.000 from a cargo hangar at Idiewild Air port was revealed today by Port of New York Authority police. Bryan Family Newspaper Over 6,000 Daily.