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I RED CROSS SCORE Gool $36900 Raised to data 26695 Still to go 10205 VOL LXV NO 277 A 1 "WITHOUT OR Ak KEWSPAPIR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKE'ICH YOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT Byron ABILENT TEXAS MONDAY MORNING MARCH 25 PAGES Auociated Pre UP) United (UP) PRICE FIVE CENTS CIO Leaders in OUITTIN Bitter Dispute ATLANTIC CITY March Thomas and Walter Reuther rivals for the presidency of the Auto Workers union verbally ripped into one another tonight Thomas seeking re-election denounced Vice President Reuther tactics as leader of the General Motors strike and called him a a in a move to draw the big auto union into the American Federation of Labor At a press conference of his own called immediately after Thomas Moscow Says Agreement Reached With Iranians LONDON March 24 troops are withdraw ing from Iran and all Red army forces should be out of that country within five or six weeks nothing unforeseen the Moscow radio said tonight Moscow said the withdrawal was to an agree ment with the Iranian Premier Ahmed Qavam of Iran had indicated yesterday the withdrawal might come soon but he said today in Tehran there had been no direct negotiations recently between the two governments and that he had no official reports of withdrawal of troops from his FOR UNO COUNCIL When the United Nations Organization Security Council convenes in New York City March 25 delegates will utilize the lounge and bar (top) and the newly constructed council chamber (bottom) at Hunter college (AP Wirephoto) UNO Delegates Eye Red Action met with reporters claimed Thomas was guilty of a lie" in declaring that he Reuther had shown a critical attitude toward CIO groups contributing money to the General Motors strike If Reuther is elected head of the auto union Thomas said the union members will get of the finest dictatorships ever seen" He also assailed Reuther for what he called his attitude toward CIO President Philip Murray am convinced" Thomas said Reuther is really running for president of the CIO against Philip Murray and opposing the policies of the Going into detail for the first time in publicity discussing the strategy of the long and bitter General Motors strike of 175000 workers Thomas said it was timed wrong and was ordered by Reuther without authority statements came less than 24 hours after Reuther had formally announced his candidacy for president at the current convention-setting up a fight which doubtless will command the interest of all labor and industry The UAW-CIO president in a clear break with Reuther elaborated on his convention speech of Saturday in which he mentioned a contribution of money from David Dubinsky of the AFL to the GM strikers a circumstance which he said had him While indicating he had no objection to contributions from other parts of organized labor Thomas said that in this instance an effort was made to draw special attention to the contribution least" he said referring to contributions of $100000 each from the steel workers and clothing workers CIO gave money without putting on a The Reuther-Thomas fight brought into the open a cleavage in the high command during the General Motors strike and gave promise of being one of labor's greatest family battles The convention will elect officers Wednesday and the 2000 delegates speculated on the significance of the final outcome Reuther men said a Reuther victory might result in a sweep by Reuther forces of the two vice-presidencies Thomas has expressed confidence that he can defeat his 38-year-old rival In a formal statement today he again welcomed Reuther's bid asserting the UAW-CIO now have a chance to decide whether they want cooperative teamwork or the personal leadership philosophy or my opponent" Hope Dims for Survivors of Fortress Crash TOKYO Monday March 25 UP) Unconfirmed reports from Formosa today said there was no evidence that anyone had parachuted from the B-17 bomber piloted by Maj Gen James Parker 20th Airforce commandant which crashed last week near the village of Hokusekika North Formosa Lt Gen Ennis Whitehead head of the army's Pacific air command said that a message relayed via China from ground searchers at the crash scene also made no mention of survivors Whitehead has maintained a close liaison with the search since the Fortress was listed March 19 as missing on its flight from Shanghai to Manila The fresh reports coupled with word that the plane had burned dimmed any hopes that Parker and nine others aboard might have survived Names of others in the party were not released pending war department notification to relatives Whitehead said that latest information shed no light on the cause of the crash Parker who thas been in the air force since 1921 was last reported flying at 7000 feet some 180 miles off the China coast with no indication of any unusual weather condition When the plane became overdue in Manils scores of aircraft and ships were mobilized for an inten-size search Next day a message from the Formosa ground party said that burned wreckage of the Flying Fortress had been located Efforts to drop a parachute res- cue team were fruitless since planes could not locate the spot from the air Lt Brandon Parker brother of General Parker stationed with the 24th division in southern llon-shue reached Whitehead's headquarters today cn route to Manila lie said General Parker's wife is living at San Antonio Tex Police Probing 4 Home Burglary Police Sunday were investigating a burglary of the Whatley home 1941 Idlewild which occurred sometime Saturday night Whatley reported that the thief 1 entered through a window stealing three shot guns one pistol and 12 articles of clothing includ-1 ing a high school pep squad country The Moscow broadcast recorded by the Associated Press said: of Soviet troops from the regions of Meshed Sha-hrud and Samnan which started March 2 is already completed evacuation of remaining Soviet troops started on March 24 according to an agreement with the Iranian government The Soviet command of Soviet troops in Iran believes that the complete evacuation of Soviet troops will be concluded within five to six weeks if nothing unforeseen Twenty-four hours earlier Russia had announced its troops would leave Manchuria by April 20 The announcement came on the eve of the convening of the second session of the United Nations security council where the Russian? Iran dispute was expected to be high on the agenda At the first security council meeting Russia succeeded in delaying prolonged discussion of the dispute until direct negotiations could be brought into play The Moscow radio which previously had avoided all mention of tomorrow's meeting in New York also broadcasting without further comment an account of yesterday's statement by Premier Ahmed Qavam of Iran that he was quitp sure a solution one way or another would be found to Iran's dispute with the Soviet Union before the security council meeting opened March 2 the first dale mentioned in the Moscow announcement was the day all Soviet British and American troops were to have evacuated Iran under a treaty which paved the way for use of Iran as passageway of lend-lcase armament to Russia during the war British and American troops left the country by the 51 arch 2 limit WASHINGTON March 24-MV-Russia's announcement that Red army troops are leaving Iran was hailed by American officials today as most hopeful development" for the United Nations organization and a demonstration of the force of world public opinion Other government officials who have followed the Iranian situation closely were not surprised at the Moscow radio announcement These officials who asked anonymity said they would nut be surprised if the Red army withdrawal were followed at a later date by an announcement that Iran had granted Russia certain economic concessions probably including oil Mihailovic Captured by Yugoslavs LONDON March MV-Gen Draja Mihailovic war-time leader of the Chetniks was arrested on March 13 in a mountain cave surrounded by only 11 members of his once-large force the Belgrade radio said tonight Ho had been hunted for nearly two years in the hills of Yugoslavia by Marshal Tito's rival Yugoslav forces The announcement was made by Alexander Rankovic minister of the interior in Tito's regime to a cheering joint session of the Yugoslav federal council the broadcast said guarded by 11 soldiers was sitting in a cave" Rankovic said men were all that was left after his disastrous defeat of May 1945" the minister added is no doubt that Mihailovich was the last hope of all reactionaries both in this country and abroad who are working openly or secretly against the Yugoslav Federal Republic" Mihailovic accused by tha regime of Marshal Tito of traitorous collaboration with the Germans during the war is listed by Yugoslavia as a war criminal Mihailovic faces swift trial at the hands of the Yugoslav government Former foreign minister Dr Ivan Subasic said last May that the Chetnik leader he shot" when captured He said Mihailovic would be a fair trial but we have enough legal evidence now to convict For some time Mihailovic has been reported in hiding in the hills of Yugoslavia where once he led a guerrilla army during the German invasion of his country Once war minister of Yugoslavia under King Peter the Serbian guerrilla leader was the organizer and leader of the first Yugoslav resistance bands in the hills He was removed as war minister by King Peter in May 1944 shortly after Marshal Tito leftist partisan leader and now Yugoslav premier accused him of leading a traitorous Bosnian offensive beginning to quit Iran in accordance with a new agreement This was in line with diplomatic developments of the last 48 hours in Iran however it was learned from top United Nations authorities gathering here for tomorrow's opening session of the security council There was expectation that an announcement would be made of the full agreement within 24 to 48 hours Among top delegates a virtual though informal agreement was reported here to limit tomorrow's sessions at the council chamber at Hunter college to formalities of specchmaking and thus delay the whole Iranian question until Tuesday at least That would defer Iran's demand for council action to get Soviet troops out of Iran Russia's demand for a delay in the council action until April 10 America's counter-insistence on immediate action and America's demand also for a full report from Russia and Iran on the whole situation Secretary of State James Byrnes will Welcome the security council as the first United Nations agency here to its home in the United States at a speech at tomorrow's scheduled 2:30 opening He will deliver a message from President Truman In obvious good humor Byrnes flew in from Washington late today Indications from his aides were that he planned no immediate conference with other national representatives here but that he would follow Iranian developments closely Meanwhile officials stressed that the apparently favorable developments in the situation in the last 48 hours may be due almost entirely to the fact that the security council is on the eve of meeting and to the impact of world public opinion thereby brought to bear on Russia Many officials here see all this actually as a victory for the UNO and the expression of an attitude by Moscow which combine to brighten considerably the prospects that the council actually will be able to jiclp preserve world peace' No Universal Training Law Due This Year WASHINGTON March MV-There will be no universal military training legislation this year house military committee members predicted today The committee currently plans to toss the subject into the lap of the new congress when it convenes next January Several considerations committee members said privately have motivated the general and informal agreement of the committee to take no action this year 1 This is election year and the constituency of most members is split sharply on whether the United States should order compulsory peacetime military training for its young men 2 The Army had testified that it does not want both selective service and universal training at the same time it now is fighting for a one-year extension of the war-time draft 3 If the war-time draft law is extended and indications are it will be but not for a year the committee wants to review the entire military picture in the light of changed world conditions just before expiration of the renewed draft act Chairman May (D-Ky) told reporters he probably will refer to a special subcommittee the univei sal training legislation requested by President Truman and backed solidly by the War and Navy departments The committee has held extensive hearings which have duclosed an almost even division of sentiment among comittce members A similar prospect faces the president's proposal to merge the armed forces into one unit Optometrists Form Area Group Dr Marvin Majors of Abilene was elected president yesterday by optometrists from Abilene Colorado City Sweetwater and Haskell who met at the Wooten hotel to organize the Butterfield Optome-trie society The society which includes optometrists in Mitchell Nolan Scurry Fisher Haskell Throckmorton Stephens and Callahan comprises the 16th district of the Texas Op-tometric association Other officers include Dr Dora-lee McGraw of Cisco secretary-treasurer and Dr John Blum of Snyder first vice president Dr A Tcttry of Lubbock president of the state association was guest speaker at the organization meeting Others present were Dr Oscar Majors of Colorado City Dr John Majors of Sweetwater Dr Arthur Edwards of Haskell Dr John Dresscn Dr Higginbotham Dr Charles Harrison Dr Fitzpatrick and Dr Stanley all of Abilene The group will meet once each month Abilene will be the next meeting place Red Cross Drive To Resume Today Red Cross drive workers today will renew their efforts to raise the remaining $10205 needed to meet the county's quota of $36900 in order that the campaign may be rinsed by Thursday or Friday of this week Blankenship drive chairman said last night campaign is going fairly well and we have hopes of winding it up Thursday or Friday" he added Taul Ireland rural district chairman said Sunday night that his rommittre will visit all community chairman this week to assist them in raising their quotas PRESS POWER DALLAS March A page one editorial in the Dallas News today deploring rerrnt acts of juvenile vandalism brought this rrpnrt from a reader: Is the first day in weeks our neighborhood gang hasn't thrown alnnri at my house" OPPOSES ATOMIC TEST Senator James Huffman (D-Ohio) (above) said he would propose ini the senate that the atomic bomb test scheduled July 1 in the Pacific be cancelled He said the cost would be and that the demonstration was nut necessary (AP Wire-photo) Forresfal Says A-Bomb Tests Still Scheduled NEW ORLEANS March f) Secretary of the Navy Forrest a 1 said today that the atomic bomb tests still are definitely planned with the first test about July 1 and the others possibly in December or January postponement is not indefinite" he declared at a press conference matter was discussed in a cabinet meeting and the delay was determined for reasons stated by the president is planned to make the air test about July 1 The second test on-the surface and the third below the surface will be made at a later date perhaps in December or November" Forrcstal also said the navy would ask congress to authorize a permanent Wave force of about 5000 Waves were extraordinarily valuable during the he said for some tasks they are indispensable" Questioned regarding complaints of a system" in the armed forces the navy secretary replied: a man is a stinker when he goes to Annapolis or Harvard or anywhere else he'll be a stinker when he comes out Also some men probably were new to authority and did not know how to use it But I think there was some criticism of all officers because of the actions of a Building Pace Still Far Above Last Year Building permits for the past week although less than the total for other weeks this month still were $62165 higher than for the same period last year Permits last wrek totaled $63030 The figure last year was $H65 according to the city engineer's office Permits last week were granted for six business places 13 residences and one garage apartment For the same six-day period last year permits for only one business place and three residences were issued Permits issued the preceding week totaled $477230 Total for the year to date is $1740925 No Souvenir PASADENA Calif March Dancer Fred Astaire has retrieved a $1200 gold and jewelled cigarette case which he thought was stolen when 400 autograph fans besieged hint Friday night at a movie preview here One of the fans found the case in a parking lot adjoining the theater and turned it over to police Hoover Expected GENEVA March 24-Jyl Herbert Hoover is due here tomorrow to confrr with International Red Cross officials Hoover as chairman of the American comsission investigating the European food situation wilt stop here cnroutclo Pans from Rome NEW YORK March 24 A move began developing among United Nations leaders tonight to have the reported new Russo-Iranian agreement registered with the security council as an assurance to Iran and the world that the pact will be kept Official information was lacking here among British Iranian American and other delegations as to just what the agreement is or even the fact that one has been made They knew nothing specific this evening except the Moscow radio report that Red army troops were India Freedom Delegation to Open Talks NEW DELHI March 'T) The British cabinet mission charged with the task of negotiating self-government for India arrived in New Delhi today A Jinnah president of the Moslem league declared that his supporters prepared to shed our blood" if necessary in order to carve out a separate Moslem state of Pakistan in India His statement was countered by Vallabhai Patel member of the Congress Tarty working committee who said that while the Congress Party is prepared to go the farthest extent to meet the legitimate demands of the congress concede the impossible demand for partition of the Pakistan demand of Mr Jinnah" The three members of the rab-inct mission Lord Pet wick-Law-rence Sir Stafford Cripps and A Alexander were met by Viceroy Lord Waved and members of the executive council Mohandas Gandhi leader of the powerful Congress party Jinnah and other principal heads of political groups have been asked to confer here with the mission Prime Minisier Attlee told the house of commons before the mission left London that it was the view or the labor government that India has the right to choose ndcpendence" hut he expressed the hope that India would remain within the British commonwealth Swiss Hang on to German Assets WASHINGTON March Mi-After a wrek of fruitless haggling with three Allied nations little Switzerland dung serenely today to a rich war German assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars Entering the second werk of discussion toinurrnw over the fututre of the Nazi riches within her borders Suilcrlnnd and the United Slates Britain and France were agreed on only one tiling: The absolute necessity of preventing any fill lire German government from using those assets to prepare another aggressive war On the mol hods of achieving that goal and on everything else related tu the wealth the division between the Swiss conferees and those of the nations try inn to get their hands nn it is as great as' when the discussions opened Roscoe Thomas Stamford Leader Since 1922 Dies Chess Champion Dies LISBON March 24 HI Alexander A Alekhine 53 world chess champion was found dead today in his hotel room at Estoril near here Physicians said his death was due to angina pectoris ROSCOE THOMAS ganiralion At the time of his death he was district and local lay leader and membrr of the hoard of education of the Methodist church Mr Thomas is survived by his wife his son Roscoc Jr of Fort Worth who had started hack to his home from Stamford Just two hours before his father's death a foster daughter Mrs Frederick lilcsse of Eagle Pass two grandchildren Joseph and Kay Thomas of Fort Worth two brothers Charles of Lakeland Fla and A Thomas of Cleburne and two sisters Mrs 11 Flay of Daytona Reach Fla and Mrs Jennings of Alexandria Tenn Red UNO Delegate LONDON March The Moscow radio said tonight that Andrei Gromyko Soviet ambassador to the United States has been appointed permanent Russian representative on the United Nations security council THE WEATHER itrmuT or ammirii WtAIIII III HK41 Allll I AMI 11 IM 1 1 lear la Mrilv rlftNdr loCi) breaming raalrf lHPftrfj)' 7WT TIXANt Psrllr tirade aad tantinard warm Mundajr TatMlav partly rlaadp and ranler ahawtra ml af the Prraa rlvrr and la lirl Ria-lastr Pa area trrh la alrohf tenthnr! wind ahifilnr la nrthMt In the Panhandle Man day nighi and remainder tAr TIXVI Mrtlr rlnadv with wldrlv altered ihgaen Mnndav and laead' Continued narm Monday and In eat and aaiith portion rnedai( Coaler In north rat portion Ineodaa Moderate In freoh aalheal wmdi on Ihr iawl Mnndat hrratmnf frewR la Irony 1rda IfcMPIRAll RIR STAMFORD March Roscoc Thomas 63 postmaster 4 rl Stamford since 1940 and prominent citizen since coming here in 1922 died at 11:15 ain Sunday at the family home after an illness of several months llis condition had improved recently and he had been brought home from the hospital Funeral arrangements will be announced front Kinney funeral home The service will be held in Stamford Mr Thomas was born in States-lille Tenn Feb 23 1883 He attended Milton academy in Tennessee and received his law degree from the University of Oklahoma Mr Thomas was mayor and town-site manager at Boise City Okla at the time he was married to Ruby Allison in 1910 lie was a member of the state board of agriculture in Oklahoma and owned a group of newspapers Mr and Mrs Thomas moved to Roby in 1920 There he served as if resident of the First State bank and mayor They moved to Stamford in 1922 and Mr Thomas founded the Stamford American newspaper in 1924 selling it in 1925 He was secrcturftmanngcr of the Retail Merchants association for a number of years He was serving his second term us mayor when ho resigned in 1910 to become postmaster He was a past president of the flotary club and a former serre-Vary of the United Charities or- lo the on a 01 pet ship will obey orders from only two people liistiiigcr and his wife Janet Even then (here is a ralch to this since (he orders must bo given in German (NEA Telephoto) ear and ftl honwel nihl VI hnnriae Ihio mommy a 37 ianeel lat niyhi Ml.