Solicitor General urges end to separate schools in court
The Solicitor General Philip B. Perlman asked the Supreme Court to strike down the separate but equal doctrine in education. He urged the court to repudiate the 1896 standard on behalf of two Black students seeking nonsegregated access at Oklahoma and Texas universities, arguing equal protection under the 14th Amendment. Oklahoma student G W McLaurin and Texas student Heman Marion Sweatt face segregated facilities. Texas defends its separate law school for Negroes.
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Philip B. Perlman
Supreme Court
Perlman
United States
G. W. McLaurin
University of Oklahoma
McLaurin
Heman Marion Sweatt
All White Law School of the
University of Texas
Texas
High Court
Oklahoma
Austin
Price Daniel
United States Supreme Court
Daniel
False Teeth Chew Steak and Corn with New Cream Tube
This ad promotes a novelty cream in a handy tube that helps denture wearers chew steak corn and apples without slipping. It claims improved plate stability and removal of food particles with a money back guarantee and a 250 BTAZE offer.
New York Fire Kills Parents and Three Children
Five members of an Albany family died in a basement apartment fire that engulfed their home on Thursday. The victims were unemployed truck driver Northbert Hepelle, his wife Margaret, and their three children Theodore aged 3, Gail 18 months, and Henry 3 months. firemen found them dead on arrival.
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Eodore
Gail
Henry
Two Rail Unions Vote for Walkout
CHICAGO February 9 Two powerful operating brotherhoods announced 250000 trainmen and conductors authorized a strike against the railroads. They expect a strike date soon but a walkout in two months is unlikely. Truman could invoke emergency machinery to delay. Kennedy and Fraser said 95 percent voted to strike if necessary to gain changes in working rules for more pay.
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Truman
W. P. Kennedy
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Harry Fraser
Order of Railway Conductors
National Railway Mediation Board
Fraser
Kennedy
National Railway Labor Act
Mediation Board
West Denies Reds Halting Rail Traffic
Western Allied and German sources said rail traffic between Berlin and the West is normal. A Helmstedt checkpoint report of Russian interference on rail shipments was called untrue. A westbound Berlin mail train was delayed two hours due to single track in the Soviet Zone.
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West
Helmstedt
Texas Takes in Slightly More Revenue as Spending Surges
Texas fiscal report shows five months through January with revenues at 222.87 million, up 46 million from a year earlier, while total spending climbs to 228.88 million, up 43 million. Oil tax drops from 41.8 to 32.7 million. gasoline tax rises to 42 million. education budget jumps to 94.7 million. federal contributions fall to 56.8 million.
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Robert S. Calvert
Calvert
General Revenue Fund
weMare
Gilmer-Aikin
Industry Defends Depletion Policy Before Congress
Industry spokesmen urged retention and expansion of special tax deductions for oil gas and mining as a fair incentive. President Truman called the allowances a tax loophole to be plugged and urged their discontinuation. Rutledge Hill of Dallas argued for extending depletion to sand and gravel, noting a 15 percent allowance elsewhere and its role in encouraging prospecting and development.
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House
Ways and Means
Truman
American Mining Congress
Rutledge Hill
Dallas
Cold Tablets Alibi Spurned In DWI Case
In Edinburg on February 9 a jury found 20 year old Douglas Hutson Brown guilty of driving while intoxicated despite testimony from three doctors about harmful effects of anti-histamine cold tablets. Doctors Montague Gallagher and Hamme testified to incidents linked to cold medicines. Brown was fined by Judge Waite Jr.
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Edinburg
Douglas Hutson Brown
L. J. Montague
San Antonio
George Gallagher
Harlingen
Ralph E. Hamme
McAllen
Onset
T. B. Waite Jr
American Flags Switch to Nylon for Federal Buildings
The federal buildings management division says cotton and wool flags atop federal buildings will be replaced with nylon flags. Tests show nylon flags, though twice as costly, last about three times longer.
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Washington
Federal Buildings
Federal Buildings Management Division
Curtsy Question Clouds Mardi Gras Royal Arrival
In New Orleans on carnival day February 21 the Duke and Duchess of Windsor face an unresolved etiquette dilemma over who curtsies to whom. The issue echoes past reactions to Mrs. Truman and Margaret, with officials noting no established rule and urging a formal protocol for visitors and Carnival royalty. The royal couple plan to fly in from Mexico, then proceed to New York.
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New Orleans
Harry Truman
Margaret
Truman
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Mexico
New York
Better Loose Powder for Chicken Lice Control Found
The U S Department of Agriculture has identified pentene hexachloride as a usable lice treatment for poultry without imparting a musty taste to meat or eggs.
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US Department of Agriculture
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