Negroes seek UT admission in graduate schools suits likely
NAACP official Donald Jones said several students refused admission to the University of Texas graduate programs will file suits in Austin to break race barriers. He noted two or three students asked for NAACP representation and cited the Sweatt case as a pattern for challenges at the Galveston Medical School, Houston dental school, and UT graduate divisions. Thirty five applicants were referred to the Texas State University for Negroes in Houston. A Simpson Tate accompanied the students to the registrar.
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University of Texas
NAACP
Donald Jones
Dallas
Southwest
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Jones
Austin
Hime Marion Sweatt
US Supreme Court
Sweatt
University Law School
Galveston Medical School
Houston Dentals
Texas State University For
Houston
A. Simpson Tate
Dallas Naacp
Hot Check Repaid With Stamps Surprises County Attorney
County attorney notes a man repaid a bounced check using a large sheet of postage stamps. Officials say they do not encourage such payment but acknowledge the stamps will not bounce. The story highlights creative but inappropriate repayment methods in local cases.
Stinking party spooks guests as skunk crashes party
In SAN PEDRO CALIF April 28 a coffee after the show party for five guests turned chaotic when Larry Joe Smith, 11, brought in a dead skunk. Guests fled outside as the boy washed clothes and the dog skunk released in the England home porch.
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San Pedro
Calif
H. W. Smith
Smiths
Larry Joe
Lassie
Roy Wamsley
Larry Davidson
Janet Bush
Miss Bush
Spokane
Smith
Heming Named Maritime Panel Head in Change
President Truman announced a shuffle in federal agencies naming Major General Philip B. Fleming to head the United States Maritime Commission. Liquidation of war surplus assets was completed under Rear Admiral Paul Luker Mather who becomes war assets administrator. Larson remains as Public Works, while Fleming succeeds Vice Admiral William W. Smith on the maritime commission.
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Washington
Philip B. Fleming
Truman
United States Maritime Commission
Ress Larson
War Assets Administrator
Fleming
Federal Works Agency
Paul Luker Mather
Larson
War Assets
William W. Smith
Public Works Administration
Passamaquoddy
Resettlement Administration
Labor Department
Wagehour
Toy Trains Win Actress Divorce
Screen actress Beverly Mitchell won an uncontested divorce from William F. Crane after testifying he spent more time with toy trains than with her. She said he nagged her and refused to kiss or take her to movies, spending 700 dollars on electric trains despite rent money. The judge granted the divorce. Crane was 28 and an executive at a pen firm.
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Los Angeles
Beverly Mitchell
William F. Crane
Crane
Samuel R Blake
End of Berlin Blockade Signals New Front in Cold War
The Berlin blockade ends but eyes shift to new fronts in Germany and Europe. Moscow seeks to use a peace move to push German unity with Communist influence, while Western Allies press Ruhr control and occupation troop withdrawal.
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J. M. Roberts JR
Berlin
Germany
Europe
Moscow
West
Russia
Korea
Balkan
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Okla
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Oklahoma
Volturno River
Mather
WAA
Casablanca
Sicily
Salerno
Hoover Commission On Government Reorganization
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Rauscher, Pierce & CO
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