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...American tars were struck by a difference between Spain and other European points. There were no cries of "chicle, chicle" or "cigarette" that generally haunt the U.S. Navy elsewhere in foreign ports. "What's the matter with these fellows, anyhow?" asked Chief Warrant Officer Milburn ("Duke") Holmes of North Platte, Neb. "They won't accept our cigarettes and want us to smoke their smelly black tobacco. I haven't been able to pay for a glass of sherry in town-but they sure look as if they could use some extra money or some food...
Finding replacements for this generation of stars is, Hollywood thinks, its top-priority problem. In other days, that might have meant turning loose an army of assistant producers (and relatives) to scout the nation's soda fountains for blondes. Today's need is great enough to warrant a more elaborate approach...
Illegal Search. In one 6-to-3 decision, the court muddied up the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees Americans safety from "unreasonable searches and seizures." The court had often bent over backwards to bar the use of evidence seized illegally (i.e., without search warrants, or by wire tapping) from federal trials. But last week the majority upheld a Colorado state court which had convicted a Denver physician of performing an abortion on evidence obtained without a warrant...
...Government, the court has opened jail doors wide to let known felons out. In the Trupiano case, G-men pinched a gang of bootleggers whom they had watched manufacturing alcohol for months. The court would not admit the alcohol as evidence because the G-men had no search warrant when they seized it. That much zeal for civil rights, Government agents felt, transcended common sense. The majority of the court, however, maintained that their opinion did make sound constitutional sense...
...duties take up all of his time. Next day, the Army, realizing it had been guilty of irresponsible character assassination, beat a hasty retreat. "The Army," said its new Secretary, Gordon Gray, "has never investigated Mr. Gordon R. Clapp and has absolutely no derogatory information about him which would warrant his not being employed by the Army for security or any other reason ... I most sincerely regret any aspersions upon the character or loyalty or integrity or ability of this outstanding citizen...