Judge Grants Sweatt Mandamus to UT Law Admit Then Suspends
In Austin on June 17 Judge Roy Archer of the 126th District Court issued a mandamus ordering the University of Texas to admit Herman Marion Sweatt a Houston letter carrier and Negro, as a law student. The ruling suspends the action for six months to allow the state to establish a Negro law school. Sweatt had applied February 26 and was refused March 15.
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Austin
Roy Archer
126Th District Court
Herman Marion Sweatt
Houston
University of Texas
State of Texas
Sweatt
University Law School
Texas
Archer
Texas Must Form Negro Law School or Open Doors
The Texas case centered on whether a Negro law school must be formed or the University of Texas law program opened. Dudley Woodward and Dr. T. S. Painter attended the morning session as Judge Archer heard arguments. Sweatt testified he knew of no other state institution offering law to Negro students beyond UT.
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Texas
Fate of Sweatt case sealed as judge ends argument
In an abbreviated session Judge announced no useful purpose in further argument and asked if either side wished for more pleadings. Dallas attorney W. J. Durham challenged the 49th Legislature act raising Prairie View to university status, while the state noted $125,000 set aside for a Prairie View law school. No appeal was indicated.
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W. J. Durham
Dallas
Sweatt
Prairie View
Amarillo College President resigns. July 15 effective date set
Dr. Ernest C. Shearer acting president for four years resigns at Amarillo School Board meeting. No successor named. Meads resignation preceded his by two weeks. Shearer to join University of Houston. summer curriculum approved for 202 students. Athletic fee levy and cafeteria kitchen bid also approved.
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Ernest C. Shearer
Amarillo College
Amarillo School Board
College Board of Trustees
Shearer
John F. Mead
Houston U
Amarillo
Mead
Dr. Mead
University of Houston
Arnholz Coffee Co
Tornado Rips Through Windsor Sandwich Killing Dozens
A deadly tornado touched down near River Rouge and crossed into Canada and Michigan, killing at least 20 and injuring hundreds. Windsor and Sandwich reported extensive destruction with power outages, gas mains on fire, and bodies carried by winds while Detroit area hospitals treated dozens. Authorities rushed aid, with police and state troopers deployed and fires breaking out across the region.
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Detroit
Canada
Michigan
River Rouge
Detroit River
Sandwich
Windsor
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
Tom Verelden
River Rogue
Albert R. Perry
Donald S. Leonard
Harry F. Kelly
Leonard
Protests Delay Action on Spain at United Nations
Australia France and Mexico oppose Britain’s bid to move the Spanish case from the Security Council to the General Assembly without a recommendation for a diplomatic break with Madrid. After 22 hours of debate the council adjourned without a vote as U S delegate Johnson pressed to be heard. Gromyko urged stronger action, while Evatt appealed for unity in democratic principles. The compromise plan defers decisive move until September when the General Assembly may call for a break in diplomatic relations or other action as deemed appropriate.
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New York
Australia
France
Mexico
Great Britain
United Nations Security Council
General Assembly
Madrid
Franf An
Cisco Vastillo Najero
U. S
Hershel V. Johnson
Herbert V. Evatt
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Franco
Spain
United States
Baseball Gets Call Over Golf on Cleveland Stop
Greenville reporter Harry Gilstrap recounts spending a quiet afternoon in Cleveland choosing baseball over golf while filing notes for the News-Globe. He hints at reader reaction and reflects on sport preferences during a routine stop.
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Cleveland
Harry Gilstrap
News-Globe
Greenville, Pa
YMCA Member Drive Begins in Amarillo Campaign
A group of 25 men will canvass 1 200 names to raise 25 000 for the Amarillo YMCA membership and finance drive. The kickoff was held at First Presbyterian Church with daily reports to the YMCA office and a Thursday progress session.
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Amarillo Young Men's Christian Association
First Presbyterian Church
YMCA
Municipal Auditorium
G. G. Ordway
Don Newton
Dallas
Paul Fowler
A.rthur Truitt
D. S. Watkins
Ross H. Larsen
Rod Barrett
C. V. Bates
R. F. Thompson
Bob Kesterson
L.S. Cotter
Charles Gibson
Blake Timmons
Gordon Cline
Roger W. Harris
Louis Gold
H. O. Willborn
Harris Landon
M. B. Ellerbee
E. L. Hunter
B. P. Brents
C. T. Froeck
Clayton Heare
and Roy Stockton
Three Hurt in 40 Foot Fall At Amarillo Oil Plant
three workers from Panhandle Roofing Co fell 40 to 45 feet from scaffolding at Amarillo Cotton Oil Co north of Texaco Refinery. Jim Stone 33 suffered chest and leg injuries Fred Maddox 30 chest back hip and leg injuries Raymond Lucero 27 left elbow fracture. All four were on scaffold when rope broke and were rushed to Northwest Texas Hospital.
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Jim Stone
Houston
Fred Maddox
Amazone Courts
Raymond Lucero
Mr. Stone
Maddox
Lucero
Amarillo Cotton Oil Co
Grand
Texaco
Panhandle Roofing Co
Northwest Texas
Griggs and Sons
Senate House Group In Draft Deadlock
Conferees from both chambers offered draft options for 18 and 19 year olds amid a potential expiration of the Selective Service Act. The Senate would include 18 and 19 year olds. the House would exempt them. A nine month extension was agreed, with talks set for Thursday to seek a compromise and head off a possible July 1 expiry.
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Senate
House
Washington
Selective Service
Lplcu
Truman
Army
War Department
British To Sink Island Fortress Heligoland
A senior British naval officer said Heligoland will be blown up within three months and left only as a bird sanctuary. He noted the island, about 130 acres with 4,000 residents before the war, will not disappear completely due to shallow North Sea waters but remain uninhabitable.
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Bob Seeds
Sox
Chris Hasins
New York
Louis Conn
Cleveland
Nelson
Mangrum
Ghezzi
Bob Feller
Canterbury
Feller
A's
C. L. Duniven
Duniven
Athletics
Cuxhaven
Germany
Heligoland
Fatal fall at Kelly Field hangar skylight
Frank Alvarado a 51 year old civilian employee of the Kelly Field carpenter shop was killed today when he fell 75 feet through a skylight on the hangar roof. He was making repairs at the time.
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San Antonio
Frank Alvarado
Kelly Field
Pre War Peace Bid At Washington Attributed To Kurusu
Saburo Kurusu the Japanese peace envoy claimed in Washington to offer a pact to avert Pacific war in exchange for three U S concessions unfreezing assets supplying high octane gasoline and stopping shipments to China Keenan said the cabinet would withdraw troops from Indo China instead and Tojo later said personal talks with Roosevelt could have avoided war hope faded after Kurusu arrived in 1941
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Kurusu
Washington
Saburo Kurusu
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
U. S
Joseph R. Keenan
R- Mo Ree Ewe Ree Keenan
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Tojo
Keenan
United States
China
Indo-China
Cal
Roosevelt
British Forces Tighten Grip in Holy Land Amid Terror Wave
British soldiers and police beat off an Haifa arene attack and patrol Palestine to curb rising violence. Six Jews and three British soldiers killed. bridges destroyed severing Palestine Syria and Transjordan rail links. Haganah claimed sabotage. Beth Haavara villagers arrested. Arabs attack injures two British soldiers during celebrations tied to the grand mufti’s exile escape.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Tel Aviv
Gaza Parka
Palestine
Syria
Transjordan
Yarmuk
Jordan
Beth Haavara
Dead Sea
Grand Mufti of
France
General on Stand in GI Brutality Trial in Germany
Gen. Joseph T. McNarney testified in the Lichfield trials amid a fierce legal clash over alleged GI prisoner cruelties. Kilian sought U.S. transfer and a Truman inquiry, denouncing “official pressure” as the court weighed transfer and impartiality.
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Bad Nauheim
Germany
Joseph T. McNarney
United States
Lichfield
Truman
G. I
U.S. Army
Lientiela
Kingiana
McNarney
James A. Kilian
Highland Park
Ill
Litchfield
Kilian
London
U. S
Raymond E. Ford
Fort Pierce
Fla
T. F. Bresnahan
Continental
Lester J. Abele
W. V. Thompson
Irvin Schindler
Washington
Ford
William H. Beck, Jr
Griffin
Maj
Slick Airways to Open Amarillo Division Headqu arters
Slick Airways announces non scheduled air freight service will base in Amarillo next week as division headquarters. A. C. Hunt named Amarillo station manager directing a 24 hour office with one east and one west flight daily. Four staff will operate from Amarillo with refueling and crew change at the city on coast to coast routes.
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A. C. Hunt
Slick Airways, Inc
English Field
M. P. Hooker
Slick Airways
Amarillo
Vndar
Oklahoma City
Long Beach
Chicago
Newark
San Francisco
Denver
San Antonio
China
Uncle Sam Sells To U. S. Steel
Atty. Gen. Tom Clark approves the sale of the government’s Geneva Utah steel plant for 47.5 million to United States Steel Corporation. The approval notes it does not judge the legality of any past or future actions by US Steel or its subsidiaries and includes a caveat about ongoing legal reviews.
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Washington
Tom Clark
Geneva
Utah
United States Steel Corporation
Department
Clark
No July 4 Holiday for Cops in New Mexico
Santa Fe will keep state police on duty from July 3 through July 8 as Chief Homer Ledbetter orders a full force to reduce highway accidents during the Fourth of July weekend.
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Santa FE
U.P
Homer C. Ledbetter
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas region
The Weather Bureau reports partly cloudy conditions and cooler temperatures for Tuesday and Tuesday night across Amarillo and West Texas. Showers and thundershowers are possible west of the Pecos River with cooler air in Panhandle. Wednesday trends similar with widely scattered thundershowers from Pecos River eastward and cooler in South Plains. Yesterday’s temps: low near 69, high around 100, sunrise 5 33 A M, sunset 8 03 P M.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Pecos River
Panhandle
South Plains
Water Crisis Hits Amarillo Water Supply
Amarillo faces a severe water shortage as storage nears half capacity. Water superintendent N V Moss urged residents to conserve, noting the maximum 10 million gallon reserve could not be replenished by morning and warning of a bad fix if consumption continues.
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Amarillo
N. V. Moss
Rat Intrudes British Legion Conference In Wareham
Ninety women veterans attending a British Legion conference in Wareham, England, shrieked and leaped onto chairs when a rat wandered into the room. A lone man chased the intruder and stood sentry after the meeting resumed.
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Wareham
England
Armed Forces
British Legion
Navarro Board Approves Navarro Junior College
The state board of education approved establishment of a junior college in Navarro County in Austin on June 17.
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Navarro Gets JR. College
Austin
State Board of Education
Navarro County
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Ferring
A. & M. Board of Directors
Ernest Shearer
Edge & Wiggins Lumber Co
Gordon Creamer
Island
Holy Land
Joseph Robinson
Russell Stationery Company
B. G. Sanders
Uncle Sam
U. S. Steel
Adolf
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