Extra Time Granted in Sweatt Texas Law Suit
Judge Roy C Archer in Austin announced that if Texas A and M does not establish a Negro law course by February site, Heman Marion Sweatt could be admitted to the University of Texas law school. The ruling ends current proceedings with potential admission to UT or Prairie View training as needed.
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Law School
University of Texas
Sweatt
Houston
University of Texas Law School
Archer
Prairie View University
Jackson Littleton
School of Law
Court hearing on Sweatt case tests university law course
The state faced a mandamus challenge over providing Negroes with university facilities at Prairie View. A. and M. directors moved to set up a Houston law course at Prairie View, delaying enforcement. Judge Roy C. Archer had delayed six months for a state law program, with today marking the deadline and a packed courtroom reviewing the facts of the June 17 decision.
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Sweatt
A. and M
Houston
Prairie View
Littleton
Roy C. Archer
Mandamus
State University
Mercury Hits Low Of Season In Amarillo Cold
The Amarillo daybreak thermometer fell to 22 degrees the coldest since winter began, beating the previous record by one degree. The low was reached around 8:30 this morning amid strong north winds up to 30 mph. Adrian and nearby towns reported 17 to 21 degrees as panhandle records. The forecast calls for a 22 degree low again tonight with a 50 degree high tomorrow and a gradual warmup starting Wednesday.
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Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Adrian
Pampe
Claren Gon
Clayton
N. M
Moscow Radio
Kolyma Taiga
Oimekon
Siberia
Mr. Winburn
All Socialist French Cabinet Confirmed in France
The French National Assembly confirmed Premier Leon Blum's all Socialist cabinet for a five week caretaker government in Paris. The vote stood 580 to 16. Blum will head the interim regime as premier president and foreign minister. first session to address the financial crisis.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Leon Blum
Blum
Train Wreck Near Madrid Kills Twenty
An express train collided with freight cars near Cinco Casa station about 90 miles southeast of Madrid early today. Twenty people were killed according to advices received, with several injured as rescue efforts continued.
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Madrid
Cinco Casa
Weather Outlook For Amarillo And Vicinity
Clear and much colder today with continued cold tonight and Wednesday. West Texas partly cloudy and colder with lows 17 to 30 degrees, Del Rio area near freezing. New Mexico shows snow flurries northeast, otherwise partly cloudy and cold with a 66 degree high in the past 24 hours. Lumber yard advertisement: John Maynard Lumber Co at 600 W. 5th Street.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
del Rio-Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Christmas Home Decorating Contest Opens Last Chance
Wednesday is the final day to enter the city wide Christmas Home Decorating Contest. Entries must be postmarked by midnight December 18 and mailed to the Christmas Home Decorating Contest care of the Globe-News. Judges from the Amarillo Garden Club will assess displays Thursday night and Friday. prizes totaling 365 dollars will be announced Sunday News-Globe.
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The
Globe-News
Amarilo Garden Club
Sunday News-Globe
Hugh Tolleson
J. A. Kendall
Hugo Loewenstern
L. P. Herndon
West Texas State College Ends Campus Strike
West Texas State College in Canyon witnesses the students and walkout leaders call off the general strike at 12:30. The executive council of the veterans association and the student senate separately decided to terminate the action and issued concurrent statements.
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West Texas State College
Canyon
The
Veterans Association
Virgil Henson
College Regents
Leo Steinkoenig
Veterans’ Association
Wichita Falls
Coke Stevenson
Board of Regents
Frank Barrett
Hereford
J. A. Hill
College
Newton Harrell
Col
Sapulpa Strike Becomes Lockout at High School
Sapulpa Oklahoma high school officials refuse collective bargaining with student strikers demanding a two week Christmas vacation. The walkout has turned into a lockout with about 25 students absent for a second day as principals consider disciplinary action and potential transfers for returning pupils.
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Sapulpa
Okla
G. C. Cornelison
Cornelison
Santa Claus
Prince
Showdown Demanded On Atomic Control
The United States and Great Britain urged the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission to approve the U S plan for harnessing the atom for peace. Soviet Russia asked for more time to study the matter as Andrei A Gromyko questioned the rush and called for explanations. Baruch pressed for a vote, Cadogan urged incorporating U S principles in the commission report to the Security Council.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United States
Great Britain
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Soviet Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
General Assembly
Gromyko
Canada
Australia
Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
Bernard M. Barucn
Alexander Cadogan
Baruch
Commission
United Nations Security Council
United Oo Security Council
Gift of Shipyard Is Bared as Disposal Debate Opens
Washington figures show the U S Maritime Commission paid 2 500 000 to California Shipbuilding Corp to take 39 000 000 worth of shipyard facilities and materials off its hands. The committee cites similar deals with Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard Baltimore and says bids were not publicly advertised. The yard held 25 000 000 in facilities with 14 000 000 in surplus materials.
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Washington
House
Merchant Marine Committee
U. S. Maritime Commission
California Shipbuilding Corp
Marvin Coles
Maritime Commission
Coles
Bethlehem Fairfield
Baltimore
Commission
California Shipbuilding Company
Egyptian premier wins cabinet support in unity pledge
Premier Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrachi Pasha secured a 155 to 21 confidence vote from the Egyptian Chamber of Deputies after pledging the government would stay resolute to unite Egypt and Sudan under the Egyptian crown. Learn to skate Tuesday night at Roller Palace on 6th and Jefferson.
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Cairo
Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrachi Pasha
Egyptian
Chamber of Deputies
Egypt
Sudan
Roller Palace
6Th & Jefferson
Sherman Teachers Protest Dismissal of Superintendent
Teachers from all seven Sherman schools held a meeting to protest the school board not reelecting R. L. Speer as superintendent. A petition signed by 95 of 109 teachers urged Speer’s reelection and warned of further action if he is not reelected.
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Sherman
R. L. Speer
Speer
A Cappella Choir and Symphony Plan Benefit Concert
The Philharmonic Orchestra under Robert Louis Barron and Amarillo High School A Cappella Choir led by Julia Dean Evans will present a benefit concert tonight at 8 30 in Municipal Auditorium. Proceeds go to the Youth Center building fund in San Jacinto with soloists Margaret Harris Henry and Bobby Robbins. Tickets $1.20 at Panhandle Concert Bureau. Kiwanis green slips exchangeable for reserved seats.
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The
Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Louis Barron
Amarillo
Julia Dean Evans
Municipal Auditorium
San Jacinto
Suppe
Schubert
Johann Strauss
Romberg
Caillier
Panhandle
Polk
San Jacinto Kiwanis Club
Bilbo alimony debt figures surface in war contract probe
Senate War Investigating Subcommittee heard that Sen. Theodore Bilbo still owes 2250 of 3000 borrowed in 1938 to pay alimony to his ex wife. Bilbo's attorney and banker testified they helped secure the money from A L Shushan. A former Bilbo secretary, Edward Terry, flies to Washington to recount seven years serving the Mississippi senator.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Bilbo
Forrest Jackson
Robert M. Newton
A. L. Shushan
Shushan
New Orleans
Pearl River
Miss
Jackson
Terry
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Meridian
Theodore Bilbo
Edward P. Terry
Plane crashes into Chesapeake Bay after 20 minutes flight
A two seater monoplane took off empty from Baltimore municipal airport and flew about twenty minutes before crashing into Chesapeake Bay six miles away. An attendant said he spun the propeller when the plane suddenly began spinning and moved off. A. Regal Co. real estate and loans.
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Baltimore
Municipal
Chesapeake Bay
Sheriff Bars Frequent Prison Guest From Belmont Jail
Belmont County Sheriff S. C. Barricklow bans John Brehm from the county jail forever due to repeated arrests. The sheriff said Brehm’s frequent bookings at the county home or district jails were becoming a burden on the county.
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ST. Clairsville
Belmont County
C. Barricklow
John Brehm
Brehm
Printers Seek Strike Sanction in Amarillo
Amarillo International Typographical Union No. 525 voted unanimously to ask the union headquarters in Indianapolis for strike sanction after a called meeting with 46 members. The 1946 contract expired Nov 11. Principal issue is wages with posturing on day and night shifts and a possible newspaper shutdown if a strike occurs.
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Amarillo
Indianapolis
International Typographical Union No. 525
Globe and News
Clarence Clark
International Typographical Union
Wallace Reilley
International Tinion
Powder Plants Blown Up in Bavaria to Hamper War Potential
Four large Bavarian powder plants hidden in a forest were blown up as part of a campaign to reduce Germany's war potential. The operation took place in Ingolstadt on December 17.
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Ingolstadt
Bavaria
English Field transfer to city management planned
City manager A P Hancock announced arrangements to transfer control of English Field to the city by year end. A conference with airlines will follow the change with CAA official Tom Brown to advise on operations and bond funds of 500000 dollars will finance Oxnard stake sale and improvements.
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English Field
A. P. Hancock
Hancock
Tom Brown
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Fort Worth
Brown
CAA
Kansas City
Thornton Oxnard
Mr. Oxnard
Food for Britain promise eases January wheat shortage
Food Minister John Strachey told the House of Commons that the United States would supply Britain with 68 000 tons of wheat 36 000 tons of flour and a small amount of coarse grains by the end of January to avert a grave emergency He said rail priority would move additional Canadian wheat across the United States and he had abandoned plans to fly to Washington on short notice.
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London
John Strachey
House of Commons
United States
Britain
Strachey
Washington
U. S
Baltimore priest named first American canon of St Peters
Pope Pius in Vatican City named Msgr. William Hemmick of Baltimore as the first American chosen as a canon of the Basilica of St Peters. The appointment marks a historic milestone for the United States in the basilica’s long history.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
Msgr
William Hemmick
Baltimore
Basilica of
St. Peters
Firing at Landlord He Shoots Wife in Dallas
In Dallas a 46 year old woman, Ruth Pearl Burke, died after stepping between her husband, 67 year old John T Burke, and landlord R B Morton during a dispute. Burke admitted firing at Morton. Ruth Burke died near the heart before hospital arrival. Burke was hospitalized after an overdose of sleeping pills. Justice of the Peace W L Sterrett returned a verdict of murder.
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Dallas
U.P
Ruth Pearl Burke
Students strike over longer school day at Snyder High
About 500 students at Snyder High in Jersey City walked out in protest after the district changed the schedule to a longer day with a 45 minute lunch and later start. Police and teachers urged students back inside as they picketed in cold drizzle and demanded a special assembly with the principal. Santa Buckley’s collection ad appears at end.
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Jersey City
N. J
Snyder High School
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