Russian troop columns move toward Turkey and Iraq borders
AP reports Russian columns advance from Tabriz toward the Soviet border and near the Turkish frontier. Izvestia blasts Iran political figures of 1919 while Britain and Turkey brace for possible clashes. Bevin briefs the British cabinet on the Iran crisis and warns against coercive settlement.
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Iran
Turkey
Iraq
Tehran
Azerbaijan
Tabriz
Knoi
Urmia
Moyanduab
Mianeh
Ivan Bagramian
Russia
Moscow
Kars
al- Gahan
Izvestia
Caucasus
Baku
Armenia
Caspian Sea
Ibrahim Hakimi
Zia Ed-Din
Ivvestia
Lewis Accuses Operators of Making 28 000 Dead Miners
John L. Lewis charged coal industry managers and stockholders with causing 28 000 miner deaths and 1 004 000 injuries over 14 years. He urged a policy committee vote on indicting the industry and cited unsafe conditions, high charges for promised benefits, and a deadly Kentucky mine incident as context.
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Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
OPA Considers Price Push to Clear Clothing Bottlenecks
Washington dispatch notes OPA aims to clear shortages in suits shorts and shirts by allowing higher prices and rationed cloth. Officials cite war end reconversion wage hikes and hoarding as causes and report CPA actions to boost supply including limiting inventories to 30 days and supplying fabric for 3 million mid priced suits in early 1946.
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Jame
Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Army
Navy
CPA
Government
Globe News Industrial Exposition Opens In Amarillo
Rex Baxter of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce says the second Globe News Industrial Exposition will unveil a theme of Industry’s future with nationally known speakers and Panhandle authorities. The two day event starts Monday at Amarillo College featuring exhibits on minerals agriculture power petroleum and science with indoor displays and outdoor units for oversized machinery. Both talks and displays are open to the public.
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Globe News
Panhandle
Rex Baxter
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Panhandle Industrial Progress
Amarillo College
Savannah World Bank President Choice Seen Wide Open
Savannah dispatch reports the choice of a president for the nine point one billion dollar world bank seen as wide open with U S officials saying foreign delegates will likely accept any man the United States proposes before departing Savannah.
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Savannah
World Bank
U. S
United States
Amarillo Hosts Panhandle Teachers Conference
Amarillo public schools will dismiss for the annual meeting of Panhandle teachers tomorrow. Dr. Arnold E. Joyal of the University of Oklahoma will keynote. Sessions begin 9 45 with talks on Education the Positive Way and The Nations Best Investment.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
John Jones
Arnold E. Joval
School of Education
University of Oklahoma
Texas State Teachers Association
Herbert Bruner
Oklahoma City
Walter Travis
Ence
Dumas Schools
Bruner
Joyal
Dr. Bruner
Russia
The
Association For Childhood Education
Amarillo-Potter County
Panhandle Dental Society Meets for Eighteenth Session
Members of the Panhandle District Dental Society hold their eighteenth annual session at the Herring Hotel starting tomorrow with 9 AM registration. Dr. W. E. Moyer of Denver presents a main clinic on full denture construction and Dr. John H. Vaughn of Amarillo discusses malignant and non malignant lessons. Dinner, dance, and breakfast events are planned at Amarillo Country Club, Old Tascosa, and Green Lantern Cafe. Officers include Dr. H. R. Beck of Clarendon president and Dr. R. P. Parcells president elect.
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Panhandle District Dental Society
Herring Hotel
W. E. Moyer
Denver
Colo
John H. Vaughn
Amarillo
J. B. Landers
Amarillo Country Club
Green Lantern Cafe
H. R. Beck
Clarendon
R. P. Parcells
R. M. Barkley
Shamrock
Landers
Cracking Down on Teen Age Car Drivers
Amarillo police and highway patrol announce a crackdown on underage drivers. Officials say 85 percent of high school students and 60 percent of junior high students drive without licenses and about 90 percent of those drivers are unlicensed. Beginning now, officers will stop young drivers and check licenses. unlicensed youths will involve parent consequences.
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Amarillo
Polk Ivy
Carley Price
Puppet President of Philippine Republic Indicted for Treason
Manila reports Joseph Laurel president of the puppet Philippine republic and five cabinet members under Japanese sponsorship have been indicted on treason charges. The charges were announced on March 14.
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Philippine Republic
Manila
Joseph Laurel
Russia unveils five year atomic energy program
Moscow reports a five year plan for atomic energy development unveiled by Sergei Vavilov president of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. He said releasing the atom will open vast new horizons and that the government will aid scientists to meet Stalin’s directives to match and surpass scientific progress abroad.
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Moscow
U.P
Russia
Sergei Vavilov
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Vavilov
Generalissimo
Stalin
War on Bowles: Farm bloc vows to end OPA June
Angry farm state congressmen attack Economic Stabilizer Chester Bowles and the OPA over a government order raising cotton futures margins to 30 a bale. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Elmer Thomas warns of an all-out fight to end the OPA. Senator Burnet Maybank urges Bowles to resign. The order targets Chicago New York and New Orleans exchanges with a future margin change to be announced.
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Washington
U.P
Chester Bowles
OPA
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Senate Agriculture Committee
Burnet P. Maybank
South Carolina
Bowles
Chicago
New York
New Orleans
Three Japanese Soldiers Hanged in Singapore for Atrocities
Three Japanese soldiers Lt. Kaniyuki Nakamura Captain Komai Mitsuo and Second Major Hijuma were executed at Changi jail for war crimes including the killing of Allied prisoners of war. The trio are Singapore's first wartime executions.
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Singapore
Kaniyuki Nakamura
Komai Mitsuo
Set
Tsjuma
Changi Jail
Draft Act Takes On New Life In Washington Push
A congressional campaign to extend the draft gained momentum as the War Department urged a strong military posture. Secretary Patterson spoke to the House Military Committee, with Byrnes reporting on the international scene and Eisenhower outlining total Army strength and air force needs by July 1, 1947.
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Washington
War Department
House Military Committee
Secretary of War
Robert P. Patterson
James F. Byrnes
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Carl Spaatz
Patterson
Eisenhower
Japanese Officers Ordered Disposal of War Supplies After V J Day
The Stars and Stripes reports that after V J Day Japanese military officials told field commanders to dispose of military supplies and equipment contrary to surrender terms and the Potsdam declaration.
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Tokyo
Stars and Stripes
Weather roundup for Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Partly cloudy and warm tonight with southerly winds 25 to 35 mph shifting to north and cooler. West Texas remains partly cloudy and warmer this afternoon with cooler tonight and Friday as strong southerly winds shift to west and northwest. New Mexico sees increasing clouds with scattered showers and higher elevation snow, clearing Friday. highs 45 to 65 across regions, lows 25 to 40. Noon reading 59, 75 high over 24 hours. Washable REM cards advertised.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Six $25,000 Home Permits Spark Amarillo Growth
Walter Wirtz secures permits for a block of six nine room brick homes with servants quarters and double garages at $25,000 each totaling $150,000 in the 3000 block Ong West. Additional week permits include A Earl Norman $5,000 six room frame residence 3300 Jackson and E R Fowler with R T Towery $10,000 six room brick veneer residence 2705 Jackson.
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Ong
A. Earl Norman
Jackson
E. R. Fowler
R. T. Towery
O. C. Patterson
Brooks
Pred M. Seale
Ridgemere Blvd
C. F. Smith
West Sixteenth
Wayne Sawyer
St Louis AAF HQ info awaited on Amarillo field reactivation
Official word from the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command in St Louis had not arrived by 1 PM at Amarillo Army Air Field about rumors of reactivating the base. Base Public Relations did not confirm or deny the reports and said information was expected at any time.
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St. Louis
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Amarillo Army Air Field
Technical Training Command
Congress probes pro Russian influence in State Department
Washington dispatch reports Congress pressing an inquiry into alleged pro Russian leanings in the State Department after charges that the Soviets use Latin America for violent attacks. Chairman Andrew J. May said a military subcommittee has made representations on the employment of individuals with pro Russian leanings in high ranking State Department posts. Rep Jennings Ran…
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Washington
Congress
State Department
Latin America
Andrew J. May
House Military Affairs Committee
May
Rep
Jennings
Humble Oil to Match 10 Cent Crude Price Increase
Humble Oil and Refining Company says it will raise crude oil purchases by 10 cents per barrel, effective when OPA authorizes higher ceiling prices. President H C Weiss argues the increase requires corresponding product price ceil ings to restore balance and allow normal market forces to operate.
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Houston
Humble Oil and Refining Company
OPA
H. C. Wiess
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Humble
National Crude Oil Advisory Committee
Goering Reveals Plan for Long Range Bombers to Strike America
Hermann Goering testified at Nuremberg that he urged building a bomber able to fly to the United States and back to threaten American armaments industries. He said the effort aimed to deter U S entry and protect Germany, noting prewar rearmament and Russia’s rapid buildup.
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Goering
Russia
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London
Ernst Bevin
Bevin
Great Britain
Commons
State Byrnes
Sam Caddy
Straight Creek
Marlow
U S Weather Bureau
Russell State Co
Taylor
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes, Insurance
Walter Wirtz
Jack SoRelle
Fillmore
America
E. A. Regal Co
John Maynard Lbr. Co
England
France
Italy
Germany
Poland
Hitler
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