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The Omaha guide., 1947-10-11

track star, who earned the A. B., de-
gree at Morehouse College.
New on the secretarial staff are
Miss Dora E. Mcdonald, B. S., in
Business Administration from South
Carolina College, who is in the Presi-
dents Office, and Miss Mabel ].
Crays, B. S. Alcorn A. and NJ. Col.
lege, who has joined the staff Of the
Deans Office. As superintendent of
Buildings and Grounds, the College
has employed Mr.. Clinton E. Warn
er, B. S, Argansas State College.
The College has welcomed the re-
turn Of Dean B. r. Brazeal, who was
on leave during the second semester
of l94o-l947 to write a history of
the F. E. P. c., a project sponsored
by the Julius Rosenwald Fund.
Miss Evelyn W. Moore, a member
Of the French Department, has been
granted a years leave Of ABSENCE
to work towards the Phi. D. degree
at Columbia University.
The Omaha guide., 1947-10-11
NEW LEADING MAN
FOR BETTE DAVIS

BURBANK, Calif.-James Davis has
been signed to a long-term acting con
tract by Warner Bros. studios and
will play the leading role opposite
Bette Davis in "Winter Meeting"
Once an oil company salesman,
Davis began his screen career in 1871.
He served with the Coast Guard dur
ing the war and came back to films as
the heavy in "The Romance Of Rosy
Ridge"
Actor, who is 6 feet 8 inches tall,
was signed as a result Of a series Of
tests he made for the Bette Davis
picture.
The Omaha guide., 1947-10-11
BORIS KARLOFF JOINS FIGHT
FOR RACE EQUALITY

CHICAGO - Horror an Boris KaY.
loft, darker-skinned than most colored
men, reveals soma Of his own expert
ences with racial discrimination In
October Negro Digeet and details tho
plan he has laid for the Screen Actors
Guild fight for race equality in Holly.
wood.
Il am a guest in this, country and
cannot criticize my host" Karloff, who
is an English citizen, says in the Negro
Digset piece which was written by
Robert Ellis. Il was never exposed to
anti-Negro feeling in England or in
Canada. In the states, too, my own
relations with Negroes have alway
been Of the friendliest."
He and Negro screen star Louise
Beavers are memberts Of the same
Guild board Ka1oH explains. He
also insisted that Canada Lee who
was playing the lead in a Theater
Guild broadcast of Emperor Jones"
get top billing over him. "After all"
Karloff smiles, Lee was playing the
lead and | had a small part"
A member of the Screen Guild
committee to fight prejudice against
Negro actors, Karloff says:
at is quite a problem. Our job is
to get more work for Negroes in films.
And if we insist that producers write
roles for Negroes according to GER
tain patterns, they may well leave out
Negro roles altogether.
However, what we plan to do is
fight for the inclusion of Negroes in
all crowd scenes. We plan to insist
that in all scenes at least ten per cent
Of the characters be Negroes moving
about ordinary business the same as
other people"
The Omaha guide., 1947-10-11
File Appeal In Case
vs.. Texas Law School

court denied the petition Tor writ y
mandamus on the grounds that the
State Of Texas proposed to set up a
law school in February Of l947.
This judgment was appealed in the
Court Of Civil Appeals of Texas and
on March 70 Of this year that Court
reversed the judgment Of the trial
court and remanded the case for fur
Their proceedings. In May Of this year,
a full trial was held in the district
court in Austin, Texas, at which time
the lawyers for Sweat began a direct
wattack against the legality OF the
segregation statutes of Texas. For the
first time in any case, experts testi-
mony was produced to demonstrate
that segregation in public schools had
no scientific basis and that segregation
itself was illegal as a denial Of the
equal protection Of the laws. DR.. Earl
C. Harrison, dean Of the law school
Of the University of Pennsylvania, DR..
Robert Redfield, head Of the depart
ment Of Anthropology Of the Univer-
sity Of Chicago, DR.. Charles H. Thorn
pson, dean Of the graduate school of
Howard University, and Professor
Malcolm P. Sharp Of the law school
Of the University Of Chicago. all testi-
fled that it was impossible 10 get an
equal education in a segregated law
school, no matter how equal facilities
appeared o be because segregation
itself brought about inequality. DR..
Thompson produced figures from Tex
as and the other southern states show
ing that from elementary through pro-
fessional schools there. was no SOM
blanee Of equality in any Of the seq
regsted systems.
The state of Texas in defending II.
action relied solely upon the segre-
CATION statutes Of Texas and the fac:
that the state Of Texas had establish
ed three and one-haf million dollars
for a Negro university to be construct
ed. They also contelded that the pre-.
vision for the Negro law school in the
basement of a small building in Austin
would give to Negroes the same, or
even better, education than that Of
the great University Of Texas.
The NAACP brief was prepared by
the legal staff and research depart
ment, which have been working for
the past two years on assembling HATH
for an about attack against the seq.
regation statutes prevalent in tbs
South. The attorneys representa-
Sweat in this brief are W. ]. Dur
ham, member of uor national legs
committee in Texas and Special Cou>
sci Thurgood Marshall, 2
]. M. Nabrit, of Washington, D. C.
c. B. Bunkley, Jr., of Dallas, Texa.
H. M. Bellinger, Of Austin, Texas, an
Robert L. Carter of New York.
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On Ocober |, NAACP attorneys
for Heman Marion Sweat filed their
brief on appeal in the case against
the University of Texas; IN winch
Sweat is seeking entrance to the law
school. u
The brief for Sweat in the Court 81
Civil Appeals is based on three main
noints: Cd there is no rational basis
for racial classification for school pur'
poses: (2) public schools, separate
but eual' in theory are in fact and
in practical administration consisten-
" unequal and discriminatory; 10 1t
is impossible to have the equality re-
duired by the Fourteenth Amendment
in a public school system which re-
legates citizens Of a disadvantageG
racial minority group to separate
schools
The brief contains not only legal
authorities but a carefully assembled
group Of recognized authorities as re-
corded in scientific journals, both
legal, sociological and economic, and IT
concludes that:
Appellant has conclusively proved
that the right to equal protection
guaranteed him under tho Fourteenth
Amendment can only be secured By
his admission forthwith to the Univer-
sity of Texas school Of law. II has
been clearly established herein both
by appellant and by appeIlees that the
equal but separate doctrine in which
the constitutional and statutory re-
quirements for segregated schools in
Texas are based is an invalid hypo-
thesis. This record demonstrates that
, n cannot recognize the requirement
for segregated schools in Texas are
based is an invalid hypothesis. This
record demonstrates that ono cannot
recognize the requirement Of equal
treatment as a valid principle and
simultaneously defend the practice Of
racial segregation.
Fundamental to our American ira.
dition is the belief in individual.
racial and religious equality. This be-
lief has been embodied in our consti-
t%utions, enacted into our statutes and
carefully protected and preserved in
our couA decisions. Texa. and other
southern states have attempted to per.
petuate a segregated system. They
have rejected the fundamental pre-
mise Of equality and in reality be-
lieve that Negroes hold and must nee
~essarily retain a status inferior TO
whites. This rejection Of a concept
considered basic to our system is
given legal status by a theory which
purports to be founded upon the pre-
mise equality. A choice must be
made between hese two conflicting
concepts. Our Constitution and laws
make clear that only one choice can
be made"
On May l6, 1916, attorneyst for
Sweat filed application for writ Of
m~andamus in the district court Of
Travis county, Texas, for admission
to the school Of law Of the University
Of Texas, alleging that he had been
refused solely because Of race or
color. On June 26, 1916, the district
court entered an order that the Uni
versity of Texas in refusing to admir-
Sweat had violated the Constitution
Of the United States but gave the
state six months TO either set up Il
separate but equal law school or 70
admit Sweat to the University of Tex
as. On December II, 1916, the district
The Omaha guide., 1947-10-11

The wearing of something blue at
the wedding was ancient ~Israeiite
custom which suggested a blue rib
bon for the brfde-blue.being the col
or OF purity. love and fdelity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-18
SUICIDE ENDS
FISH BOOKINGS
STRANGE DILEMMA

FAYETTEVILLE, May 17.-W.n
"A cafe owners story of how his
wife shot and killed herself after
he criticized her method Of fry
ing a fish and corn bread dinner
was investigated today by State
police.
Charles H. Michaux, proprietor
Oh Forest Inn Cafe IA miles from
Fayetteville, said his wife Jessie
shot herself in the head with a
Smith & Wesson .32 caliber re,
volver late last night after stamp
ing out of the kitchen in huff.
Michaux quoted his wife, a ma.
tive of Rion, S. c., as saying, "you
don't think I'll do it, do you?"
1T begged her not to pull the
trigger and told her to lay the
pistol down, but before I could stor
her she shot herself" said Mich
AUX.
The woman, AZ, died almost in.
stantly. Funeral services will be
held in Rion Sunday.
No charges were placed against
Michaux and he was released I'M
der $4,000 bond for appearance al
IN inquest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-18

These eight men are stationed
at the landing strip near
Bocaiuva, to which all the expedi-
tons food, mail and other sup
plies are transported by plane
from Rio de Janeiro. They are a.
bout IA miles by road from the
main eclipse camp.
The landing strip was built es-
pecially for the use of the eclipse
expedition by Brazilian labor I'M
ger the supervision OF a Brazilian
engineer. Its runway, $3.50 feet
long, easily handles the CAT
transport planes of the Air Trans
port Command which serve as the
expeditions supply line from Rio
de Janeiro, crossing an 8,000-foot
mount in range on the way.
One of the never-ending tasks at
the landing strip is fighting the
ants which build underground
nests that undermine the surface
and might cause an accident il
the wheel of a plane should break
through. The ants hollow out gal.
leries 20 to 80 feet long but only
six to eight inches beneath t e
surface. Whenever a new ant nest
is discovered, Brazilian Workmer
Inject hot cyanide gas i n the
hole.
Only building at the landing
strip is a long, open shed of brick
and tile. Five wall tents borrowed
from the Brazilian Army are usec
as sleping quarters. Water is OBJ
tsii.ed from a well and a nearby
stream. The men take shower
baths under a small waterfall two
miles away.
A shelter has been erected fol
the radio apparatus used by the
expedition in Investigating the be
havior of the ionosphere, or radio
ECLIPSE OF May 20. This apparatus
is located at the landing strip SC
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about a mans Life history was ex-
cluded from his file.
Federal officials who have been
studying the problem, however.
claim that Selective Service rec
ords are Federal property. They
say that there is more danger OF
some corrupt state politicians get
ting their hands on these records
for illegal use.
The Departments of Labor and
Commerce and the U. S. Public
Health Service and other agencies
are interested in these records for
statistical purposes. The Wal and
Navy Departments are also vital
ly interested in them.
Experts agree that the Veterans
Administration has one OF the
most valid claims to access OF
these records. They are essential
in processing claims against the
Government by men who served
in the armed forces. But it is also
pointed out that inasmuch as Va
becomes an interested party II
these claims, custody of the rec
ords should not be vested in VA
AS it stands now, Selective
Service decides just what agency
shall have a right to get a lool
at any one file on a person. Presi
| dent Truman will suggest the ii
nal decision on what agency vii
get custody of the records Whel
he asks Congress what to do abou
extending the draft and continu
Selective Service beyond thu
Expiration date of March 81. 1t il
possible Selective Service nigh
be continued just to handle thu
job of keeping the records. If Sc
Elective Service is allowed to g
cut of existence, giving the rec
ords to the War Department i:
considered the most likely al
Tentative.
A LOT OF PROBLEMS
Even after custody of the rec
ords has been determined, there
is still a major problem OF what
to do with the records. Should
they all be brought to Washing.
ton or some other central place?
Should they be gathered at one
point in each state? Should the
files on just the men who r in
Quoted be kept? Should just GER
tain forms in a file be kept? These
are some of the questions for
which answers r now being
sought.
War Department administered
the draft for World War I. After
the war it gathered all the records
in Washington, piled them in one
building and let the dust collect.
Finding an individual file today
is a tough job. Little thought was
given to making them readily &C
cessible.
1t is estimated that bringing
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-18

that it will not cause interference
with reception of time signals and
general radio Communications
at the main camp. A 72-foot an
tenna mast of plywood was flown
in sections from the United States.
Observations of e i~onosphere
are now being made "a hours a
Gay, using an automatic radio sig
nal varying in frequency from one
to "a megacycles. The echoes are
transformed into records register
ed on 35-millimeter motion pic
ture film every Is minutes and
on eclipse day will be recorded
every Is seconds. These records
indicate the varying density and
behavior OF the ionosphere. These
io%nosphere observations are the
first to be made in this latitude
SO far as known.
In charge of the ionosphere pro-
gram are James M. Watts and
FIR nklia Kral of the National
Bureau of Standards, Washington,
D. c. Commanding the landing
strip camp at present is Captain
Alfred J.. Schmidt of Vineland.
New Jersey.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-18

Funeral services, which will be
held at the Advent Christian
church, Middle Sound, will be an
nounced by the Harrell-Coble Flu
neral service. The Rev. J. L. Dav-
is, chaplain of the local Legion
post. will officiate. Burial will be
in the Blake family cemetery.
Shepard was overseas for five
months and died as the result OF
a vehicle accident in the line OF
duty.
Surviving are: his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Moray Shepard;
two sisters, Carolyn Shepard and
Ruth Ann Shepard; three broth
ers. Marion. Harold and Adron, al
of Middle Sound; paternal grand
parents. Mrs. G. T. Shepard, Mid
die Sound: maternal grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Blake, Wood
side.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-18
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN
NEA Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 - The
strictly confidential facts Of your
life-and $1,000 tons Of purely per
sonal secrets about A, GOO, O0O
other American males-are brew
i1re up a high-powered controver-
81 in the government these days.
The secrets are the ones you
told Uncle Sam when you filled
out all those questions on Selec.
tive Service forms. Now Federal
agencies are sparring for custody
Of those records when the draft
boards go out Of business. And
several states are getting Iii on
the argument, too.
The Selective Service Act guar
anteed to each registrant that any
information he furnished abou'
himself would be kept strictly
confidential. Extremely persona!
questions about a mans pnysieal
condition were furnished loca
boards. Among other things a ma
even had to tell how many lie
Ultimate children he had. This
Information about a person coule
be used for illegal purposes II l
fell into irresponsible hands.
Several state governments hav'
let it be known that they will figh
any attempt by the Federal GOV
eminent to remove these recoro
from their state. They say tina
when the Selective Service Ac
expires it will become the duty o
the State to Sc that this mass o
confidential information about 1t
citizens is not misused. They sa.
some Federal agencies couldn'
be trusted with it.
A LOT OF PAPER
Some of the individual files art
a foot thick. Others contain only
the first questionnaire-the MAJ
having been indicted immediate
ly. n addition to basic informa
ton. such as employment ano
health record, some folders IN
clude records of psychiatric tests,
data on personality and character,
and any information about a Grim
inal record. Practically nothing
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-18
'NlTTl ANNOUNCES
PLAN TO FORM
ITALIAN CABINr,

ROME, May II. -Wp
Premier Francesca Nitti anno urine,
tonight that he would accent ouAcei
date to form a new Italian al man,
indicating he believed ha >'nlHst
solve the Republics political Copt
Nltti's decision cane afta s'lsiS
days of laborious consnIt.." '
with the various party le,asOn'
lie had waited to make up bis uef
until ne sampled the sen,irrna.Na
among the parties expected fl 'FS'
represented in his coalition c.t o
net if he is successful. Va0'
Nitti' 49, won a heavily Qualiti.,
promise of cooperation fr,r
Communist party. which paws le
to understand that it was detar nm
ed to have representation in '
government he might form. al!
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-18
TABOR FAV0RS
BR0ADCASTlNC
Approves Cultural Program
With Certain Reser-
yations

WASHINGTON, May 17-WH-
Rep. John Taber, R., N. Y, SAID
today he would favor continuance
Of the State Departments "Volce
. Of America" broadcasts and for
eign information program if it is
restricted to factual news and Its
employees are screened by the Fed
eraI Bureau OF Investigation.
Taber. chairman of the Appro.
priations Committee which denied
funds for the program, tesll1leo
before a House Foreign Affalrs
subcommittee on legislation to au-
thorize the program.
Criticizing the present program
as "silly'' and harmful to Amer,
can prestige abroad, Taber salo
those in charge of foreign broad
casts should not be permitted to
express their opinions. They
should be limited to reporting news
and to quoting official statements
from the Secretary of State, his
assistants and other diplomatic Of
ficials of this and other countries,
he added.
Taber said the State Department
should use the United Press, AS
ISOLATED Press, International News
Serv.. land quotations from some
of the more stable and more in
fluential broadcasters' as its
sources of news.
Chairman Karl Mundt, R., S. D.,
Of the subcommittee said the
legislation provided that the agency
would be limited to areas where
private industry was unable or
unwilling to operate.
In the case of the wire services,
Mundt said:
both the AP and the UP are
unwilling or unable to supply the
government with news. The ms
is, but not the UP and the Az.
There you have a situation over
which the State Department has no
control and the agency cannot
utilize their services
Taber said he believed chat it
the proper approach was made on
the part of the department, it
would bring about their coopera-
ton
He said the United Press and
Associated Press had "far flung
operations" in other countries and
that it would be difficult to sell
their service in those countries if
they supplied it through the State
Department.
IT believe these services are far
more helpful in parts Of the world
tn \ the State Department." Taber
said.
Rep. Christian E. Herter, r..
Mass, also went before the sub
committee to urge that private
organizations be given the task of
carrying out an international in
formation and cultural program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-18
EI Forced To Seek Agents
In State Employment office
H. NEAL.
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5000 in the coming year. roughly
5000 of those being field agents.
Obtaining personnel is zone OF
u major problems" Hoover
recently told Congress. Among the
reasons are the uncertain hours,
restricted salaries, and retirement
benefits. Agents start at 4,525 and
the top pay is $6,812.
But private industry raids
the FIJI of the experienced men
by offering more.
In the May issue of Fortune
magazine, eor example, it was re-
vealed that FBI agent John Bugas
recently accepted a position with
the Ford Motor company, at the
personal request Of Henry Ford
II. Bugas' salary was not dis
closed, but Fortune said he is "a
close Ford confidant and aid" and
is now industrial relations direct
or and member of the policy COM
mite for the mamouth m O o L
company.
Clerks, who must be high school
graduates, start at l 1854.
Although the strict educational
requirements have been lowered,
the local employment service
manager said, the physical quail
fications are just as tough as they
ever were''. Agents must have 20
20 vision and must be physically
fiji in every way.
In addition each prospective
FBI man is investigated with mic
roscopic care. The FBI talks with
the would be agents hometown
friends, his family, teachers, and
local law-enforcement officers to
learn Of his reputation and accom-
plishments. His college record is
scrutinized to see how well he
Jared with his classmates and
professors. Even minor pranks
and sprees are brought under the
rlagnifying glass of the FBI.
When the search is completed,
more data is filed in Washington
about the applicant than has ever
been collected before. The Biblical
passage, MANY are called, but
few are chosen" is apparently the
motto OF the FBI in choosing their
man.
In the current ~best-seller, 1.-THE
story of the FBI', published by
Look magazine, a detailed de-
scription is e S e n e d of the
bureaus care in picking its men
and its thoroughness in training
them.
When a man is finally selected
to become a special agent. he is
sent to Quantico, Va, where, for
several months, he is subjected to
what is probably the most inten-
sive training program in the coun-
try.
The candidates study tough sub.
jects to test their mettle and to
instruct them for their e W
carer. The instructors set ur
mock crimes which include "vic.
TINS, terminals, witnesses,
and "clues". Now legendary at the
school is "Maisie', a pretty blonc
dummy who is frequently "killed
in the nearby woods Of Quantico
After visiting the scene of the
Crime. taking notes and photo
graphs Of all possible clues ane
interviewing the "witnesses''. the
neophvte aoente proceed to solve
the "crime". Corf7ictino dedrct
lcns and observations are eheckeo
by the instructors as they teacl
accuracy an1 science in tracking
down criminals.
| When the criminal is found, thu
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-18
Personal Secrets of Men Indicted
Brewing Big Controversy, Writer Says

them to Washington Or some cen
tral storage place, and filing them
in an orderly fashion for eight
years would cost about IS, 700, 900
Studies made by Archives experts
or World War l draft records
showed little need for them being
kept after eight years. The biggest
expense would be transportation
from the 6442 local boards.
It has also been suggested that
these records be microfilmed.
This would cost between $40, 0OO,-
900 to $40, 900, 900 according to va
rious estimates. For records
which are only valuable for eight
years, microfilming of them isn't
economical, tie experts contend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-18
Itchy Pimples
Kill Romance

Many shattered romances NAV
be traced directly to scratching of
skin blemishes. Why tolerate Itch
ing OF pimples, eczema. angry red
blotches and other irritations.
when you a get quick relief from
soothing Peterson's Ointment? 35c
all druggists. Money refunded if
one application does not delieht
you. Peterson's Ointment also
soothes irritated and tired feet
and cracks between toes.
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students are required to conduct
a trial, acting both as prosecutors
and defense counsels. AS experts,
lney must know all the twists and
tricks Of the law, as well as the
technique Of using finger prints,
hair, particles Of paint, grains Of
dirt Or sand, and countless other
methods to prove beyond doubt i.
court that an accused criminal is
guilty, if guilty, and innocent i
innocent.
A carer as a G man is moi
easy, nor is it always exciting.
Nevertheless, it is a vital part Of
the nations peace and security.
And now Hoover must seek re.
crults il an unemployment office!