Iran Crisis Eases as USSR Pledges Six-Week Withdrawal
United Nations officials report Iran accepts Soviet promise of unconditional Red Army removal from Iran within six weeks. Hussein Ala signals Iran would suspend council actions if withdrawal guaranteed by May 6. Gromyko letter and Aya statements mark near final settlement as council may shelve case yet keep it on agenda.
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United Nations
Iran
Hussein Ala
Security Council
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James F. Byrnes
Ment
Andrei Gromyko
Council
Russia
Gromyko
Moscow
Long Islands
Hunter College
Red Army
Russians Arm Kurdish Tribesmen Rail Unions Assail 16-Cent Wage Award
Arbitration boards awarded 16 cents an hour to 1.22 million railroad workers in a ruling opposed by 18 unions as inadequate. Bert M. Jewell said further raises would be sought promptly from carriers while operating brotherhoods weighed joining future demands. The retroactive award applies to both non-operating and operating unions across Class 1 railroads, with some trains excluded as other unions seek a separate panel.
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Chicago
Bert M. Jewell
Arbitration Board
Jewell
Outlawed Chief Heads Drive for Free Kurdistan
A Kurdish chieftain in Tehran says Russian arms and technicians aid a proclaimed Kurdish Republic at Saujbulagh with a 1000 strong regular force. He cites Ghazi Mohammed and Mullah Mustafa coordinating a broader Kurdish state across Iran Turkey and Iraq with 5 million Kurds under a red white and green flag.
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Associated Press
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Syria
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Ghazi
Mullah
Muianduab
New York
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Sardasht
Bansh
Saqqiz
Ghazi Mohammed
Baku
Russia
Senate backs housing bill with 600 million subsidies
The Senate Banking Committee endorsed emergency housing legislation carrying 600 million dollars for building material subsidies and price ceilings on existing homes. House rejection followed, as the measure aims to spur construction of 2.7 million homes in 1946 1947, with further Wagner Ellender Taft program steps planned after minimum wage action.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
House
Truman
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Banking Committee
Wilson Wyatt
Army drafts task force debates one year extension to 1948
The House military group questioned opponents of conscription before Friday vote. Patterson showed large charts detailing Army responsibilities and assumptions through January 1, 1948, arguing manpower requires a one year draft extension. Forrestal and Patterson favored volunteers.
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Patterson
Forrestal
Bob Calvert Enters Texas Governor Race
Bob Calvert of Hillsboro filed his gubernatorial candidacy with the Texas Democratic Executive Committee. Byron Skelton of Temple and Albert Leach of Fort Worth delivered a petition with 259 names from 39 Texas cities and a $100 filing fee. the committee accepted the application. Skelton said Calvert is likely to accept the challenge, citing the need for confidence in the executive branch amid current turmoil.
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Harry Seay
Democratic Executive Committee of
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Friends
Robert Calvert
Hillsboro
Seay
Byron Skelton
Temple
Albert Leach
Fort Worth
Democratic Committee
Skelton
Bob Calvert
Seven Injured In Road Crash Near Dumas
Seven people were injured, one seriously, in a highway crash six miles south of Dumas on the Amarillo Highway about 8 pm. Vehicles driven by H H Guymon and O C Sumner collided at a narrow bridge. Guymon swerved into the railing. Injured include Glen Graves and Howard Blakeley of Elkhart Kansas, and R P Kinchloe. All victims taken to Moore County Hospital, Dumas.
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Amarillo
Glen Graves
Elkhart
Kan
H. H. Guymon
O. C. Sumner
Exell Helium Plant
Guymon
Sumner
Graves
Howard Blakeley
R. P. Kinchloe
Kansas
Blakeley
Kinchloe
Mr. Sumner
Dwight
Moore County Hospital
Coal Stalemate Holds as Lewis Fails to Appear
On the third day of a nationwide soft coal strike by 400000 miners progress was slow. Special Conciliator Paul Fuller said talks covered supervisory workers and the foremen issue. Lewis did not attend today's sessions, and a death in his brother A. D. Lewis’s family was noted.
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Paul W. Fuller
Lewis
Fuller
A. D. Lewis
Amarillo Area Weather Report and Temperatures
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas notes Thursday and Thursday night fair with warmer trend, while New Mexico sees Thursday fair with highs 45 to 70. Temperatures show yesterday’s highs around the mid 60s to low 70s, with sunrise at 6 30 am and sunset at 7 10 pm.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Brighter Meat Outlook Seen
In Dallas on April 3 R C Hughes regional price executive of the OPA said a new order will let established packers slaughter stock ending the Texas meat shortage and curb black marketing. He noted legitimate packers can return to Fort Worth and other livestock centers. Dallas packer Henry Neuhoff Jr blamed price controls and subsidies for the shortage and urged abolition of controls.
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Hughes
Fort Worth
Henry Neuhoff, Jr
Dallas Packer
Washington
Neuhoff
Eisenhower Seeks Evidence in Lichfield Brutality Case
General Eisenhower called for prompt information on reports the Lichfield brutality court martial in England may be mishandled to shield high Army officers. Capt. Earle J. Carroll resigned as assistant prosecutor amid claims of deliberate efforts to protect higher officials.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lichfield
England
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Earle J. Carroll
War Department
Joseph T. MacNarney
Europe
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Iran says Soviet troop withdrawal underway with no conditions
Prince Mozaffar Firouz announced at a Tehran news conference that two or three shiploads of Russian troops had left Iran through Pahlevi port on the Caspian Sea. He cited a Soviet memo claiming complete Evacuation within five to six weeks from March 24 with no conditions, and noted ongoing Tehran Russia talks on settling outstanding issues while denying linkage to evacuation.
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Mozaffar Firouz
Iran
Pahlevi
Caspian Sea
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Prince Firouz
Hussein Ala
United Nations Security Council
New York
Russia
Firouz
Vardaman Approved for Federal Reserve Board Term
The Senate confirmed Commodore James K. Vardaman Jr. as a White House naval aide for a 14 year term on the Federal Reserve Board. The vote stood 66 to 9.
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Washington
Senate Today
James K. Vardaman, Jr
White House
Federal Reserve Board
Cotton Prices Reach 22 Year High In New Orleans
General buying in cotton futures pushed prices above 28 cents a pound for the first time in 22 years. At close, prices were up 1.15 to 1.30 dollars per bale from the prior close on a wave from mills hedging and fresh speculative buying.
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New Orleans
Price decontrol plan advanced by House committee
Washington April 3 AP report Republicans push to end price and wage controls by June 30 1947 with the Brown amendment placing the President and OPA in charge of phased decontrol and a possible continuation for rents and building materials. The panel backed abolition date but kept option for limited controls.
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CPA
House Banking Committee
Congress
Brown
Georgia
Wilcott
Michigan
Republican
Secretary of Agriculture
OPA
Mrs Manning Taken by Death in Amarillo at 84
Mrs. John F. Manning aged 84 of Amarillo died at 3 10 PM at St Anthony's Hospital after four months illness. She lived at 1901 Jackson and is survived by her husband Ben P Manning, a son and two daughters, seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral at Polk Street Methodist Church with interment Llano Cemetery directed by Boxwell Brothers.
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Amarillo
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Ben P. Manning
Chad P. Elliott
Polk Street Methodist Church
Neal D. Cannon
Earl G. Hamlett
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Llano
A. J. Streit
Charles T. Ware
Allen Early
Jerry Hatcliff
John Boyce
George Waddill
Mack Nobles
Robert Coleman
Jackson
Manning
Lela Lee Prater
Amanda McGaughey Pitner Prater
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Dalton
Chattanooga
Tenn
Women’s Society of Christian Service
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Esther Mc
Burglars Take $100 From Goltz Home
Police report burglars entered Morris Goltz home at 2106 Lipscomb by slitting a bedroom screen and stole $100 from a purse and a billfold on a dresser. Realtor Gordon Creamer supplied contact details.
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Morris Goltz
Lipscomb
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