Army Outlines Replacing Men In West Reich
Army authorities say about 85,000 of the United States ground troops in Germany will be replaced and sent home for discharge in the next 10 months starting in March. New troops will be brought from the United States to fill six divisions and support units as the Seventh Army shifts toward civilian troops in Europe.
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Heidelberg
Germany
United States
Defense Department
Manton Eddy
Seventh Army
Europe
Seventh
Eddy
National Guere
Pennsylvania
New England
National Guard
Organized Reserve
Bremerhaven
Major retailers face government anti trust suits
The Justice Department filed anti trust charges against seven top retail chains and two directors in New York federal court, aiming to end interlocking directorships. Named are Sears Roebuck, B F Goodrich, Kroger, Jewel Tea, W T Grant, S H Kress, and Band Stores, with common directors Sidney Webb and John M Hancock among the implicated. Hancock also sits on Roebuck and Co. boards. Weinberg and Lever Brothers chief Hancock were unreachable. This marks the second Clayton Act action and seeks injunctions to dissolve overlapping board ties.
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New York
INS
Federal District Court
Justice Department
Washington
Sears Roebuck and Co
Chicago
B. F. Goodrich Co
Akron
Sidney J. Webb
Kroger Co
Jewel Tea Co
Barrington
John M. Hancock
W. T. Grant
S. H. Kress and Co
New Yorkes
Roebuck and Co
Nfic
New York City
Hancock
Weinberg
Goldman, Sachs
Lever Brothers
Ohio
Unreadable OCR Obituary Note
Fragmentary obituary notice with names and places unclear due to damaged text. Contains scattered identifiers like numbers and abbreviations, offering no clear event date or full identities to verify.
Court to View Vehicle Code Stings in North Carolina
Whiteville police arrested eleven former Ku Klux Klan members in a crackdown on night riding terror in Columbus County. Eight were charged with kidnapping a Negro woman as part of a series of floggings shocking Whites and Blacks in the area. Additional arrests were promised as agents again swept rural farms at dawn in the Fair Bluff vicinity.
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North Carolina
Whiteville
N. C
Fair’. Bluff
Columbus County
FBI
Supreme Court to Review Unconstitutional Vehicle and Reapportionment Rulings
The Supreme Court agreed to review lower court decisions finding the 1951 motor vehicles law and the reapportionment act unconstitutional. The cases involve Marion County and Ohio County courts challenging passage after the March 10 deadline, with prosecutions and disputes over district seats reaching the high court.
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Houses of Delegates
Supreme Court
Marion County Criminal Court
Ohio County Circuit Court
State Senate
Alaska Statehood Stalled by Senate Vote
In Washington on February 27 the Senate defeated Alaska statehood through a 45 to 44 vote, sending the bill back to committee for further study and virtually ending hopes for statehood this session. Hawaii statehood meanwhile remains pending as Interior Committee Chairman O Mahoney plans to push that measure.
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Washington
Senate
Alaska
Congress
Hawaii
O'Mahoney D-Wood N
Interior and Insular Affairs’ Committee
Ejected From Job Suspect Red Says
Detroit February hearings of the House Un American Activities Committee exploded when John Cherveny a 26 year old ex Wayne University student accused fellow workers of lynching him at American Metal Products Co and demanded job protection. Red sympathizers heckled the panel as U S marshals escorted them out Cherveny had often used immunity but spoke openly at the hearing about the plant ejection and the alleged rope talk during the incident.
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Detroit
INS
House Unamerican Activities Committee
John Cherveny
Wayne University
Detroit Committee
American Metal Products, Co
Red
Cherveny
John S.S. Wood
Georgia
U. S
Airman Questions Soviet Roles in Korea Air War
Lt. Gen. O P Weyland who heads Far East forces says Peiping radio omits air heroics and Moscow may keep pilots unnamed to avoid admitting Russian involvement. He notes Soviet pilots could be flying MIGs but has no definite confirmation beyond radio reports.
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Robert Eunson
Tokyo
O. P. Weyland
Meysteri J ‘Ols
Peiping
Beca
Allo
Rusa
Russia
Weyland
Reds Reject Allied Plan and Demand Russia in Talks
In Korea armistice negotiations the Communists threaten a sit-down strike unless the United Nations accepts Russia as a neutral truce inspector. They reject reducing neutral inspectors and insist Russia remain a team member, while Allied leaders stand firm on prisoner repatriation and inspection roles. Negotiations continued in Panmunjom with expectations on Washington or Moscow to decide Russia’s status.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Russia
Chang Chun San
Jin
Red List
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
U.N
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Washington
Moscow
Soviet Union
Panmunijom
James C. Murray
Regs
Queen Elizabeth Knighthoods 55 in Fi rst Big Reign Ritual
Queen Elizabeth II knights 55 men in a Buckingham Palace investiture, pins valor medals on 53 others in a formal State Bar Room ceremony. The 25 year old monarch conducts the rite with traditional pomp before 200 spectators, wielding the sword with grace and smiling as medals are awarded.
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London
Eleth I
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth
U N Votes Against Seating Reds in U N Assembly
The United Nations trusteeship council voted to support delaying any action on seating the Chinese Nationalists or Reds. The Soviet bid to seat the Reds failed as the U S motion for indefinite postponement carried 1 to 1. Secretary General Trygve Lie returned from Norway and spoke of slightly reduced global tension.
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Ching J
United Nations
United States
Roeve
Trusteeship Council
Panent U. N
Manhattan
U. S
Lie
Russia
World Organization
Tiygve Jie
Norway
Jie
U. N
Idlewild
Yone
Guilty Plea Planned By Willie Sutton For Deadly Weapon
Attorneys for Willie Sutton say he will plead guilty to possessing deadly weapons in Kings County and be sent to Queens County for trial on a 1950 bank hold up case. They note one pistol was found on Sutton and another in his room as the Sullivan Law charge is pursued.
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New York
Willie Sutton
Queens County
Phalderin Haves
Beso Mue
George W. Herz
James F. McArdle
Willie
Lewis Goldstein
Kings County Court
Sullivan Law
Sutton
Queens
Sunnyside
Manufacturers Trust
Long Island City
U S Permits Bonded Rise In Gas Rate
The Federal Power Commission announces proposed wholesale natural gas rate increases totaling 7.77 million dollars. United Fuel Gas Co and Ohio Fuel Gas Co will post bonds and may refund any amounts later ordered by the commission. The United Fuel increase of 6.12 million, based on 1951 sales, takes effect Feb 6 with a 650 thousand bond, affecting Atlantic Seaboard Corp Central Natural Gas Co Manufacturers Light and Heat Co Portsmouth Gas Co and Ohio Fuel Gas Co. Ohio Fuels raise of 1.27 million based on 1952 sales takes effect Feb 21 with a 125 thousand bond, covering markets across Ohio.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
United Fuel Gas, Co
Charleston
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Columbus
Ohio
United Fuel
Atlantic Seaboard Corp
Central Natural Gas Co
W. Va
Manufacturers Light and Heat Co
Pittsburgh
Portsmouth Gas Co
Portsmouth
Ohio Fuels
Obie
Miners Strike Widens at Eastern Gas and Fuel Mines
A two week old Beards Fork mine dispute over housing for a coal community doctor spills into Eccles in Raleigh County. United Mine Workers Local No 5770 says about 200 of 750 members attended talks and all workers will not return until the Beards Fork issue is resolved.
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Fayetterville
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Beards Fork
Eccles
Raleigh County
Ray McConnell
Jmlet
Beards
Forks
Eastern
Norman Acker
Iman
Messages to Moscow WCHS Air Peace Pleas
Kanawha County boys and girls will deliver their peace pleas on air from WCHS Saturday March 8 from 5 to 430 p m The program manager Mert Cohn announced the public service effort tied to The Gazette contest.
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Kanawha County
WCHS
Mert Cohn
Moscow
Lems
Virginia Street
War declaration demand shocks House debate in Korea
Representative Barden of North Carolina urged Congress to declare war in Korea or withdraw American forces. He argued the executive acted beyond constitutional authority since 1950, citing 225000 casualties and calling for unity while the UMT bill faced a drawn debate and an imminent vote as galleries filled.
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Congress
Korea
Barden
Washington
Iris
House
D-Nc
Rouse Education and Labor
Chiversai
Bill
Truman
Republic of Korea
McGrath Probe Panel Clears Immediate Start
Speaker Rayburn gave the go ahead for an immediate start on a House committee probe of Attorney General McGrath and the Justice Department. Investigators will set up offices in the George Washington Inn hotel to begin work immediately. In a separate move Senate Chairman McClellan signaled likely rejection of Truman’s reorganizational plan for the Internal Revenue Bureau and proposed an alternative.
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Washington
INS
Rayburn
D-Tex
House Committee
Atty
McGrath
Justice Department
Capitol
George Washington iInn
Chelf
D.-Ky
Valley Business Registers Drop in Kahawha Valley
The Charleston Chamber of Commerce reports a decline in business and industrial levels in the Kahawha Valley for the first half of 1952’s first quarter versus a year earlier. Nationally, trends echo the drop, though this year’s levels remain higher than two years ago.
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Kahawha
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Toledo Boosters Back $45,000 Guarantee For Mud Hens
Danny Menendez, owner of the Toledo club, announced that fans had met a $45,000 advance ticket sales guarantee to keep the Mud Hens in Toledo. He warned the money does not ensure 1952 operation and the drive will continue a week or more. Toledo boosters hope the effort boosts possible relocation to Charleston but club owners may stay in Toledo if finances improve. Bruce Dudley of the American Association says the league wants to keep the franchise in Toledo as small firms, large businesses, and individuals contributed to the total.
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A. L. Hardman
the Gazette
Toledo
Charlestom
Danny Menendez
Sperantons
Charleston
Menendez
Bruce Dudley
iAmerican Association
Acheson Reports Nato Progress After European Talks
Secretary of State Acheson returned from Western Europe with a happy report on progress toward a common barrier against Soviet aggression. President Truman joined Acheson and Secretary Snyder at the airport and discussed revised Nato defense plans at the White House. Acheson plans a national radio television address Friday and arranged briefings with Senate and House Foreign Affairs committees.
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Washington
Acheson
Truman
Treasury
Snyder
London
Paris
Lisbon
White House
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Germany
Achéson
State Department
Senate
House Foreign Affairs Committees
Page & Cot
McCloy Criticizes Revival of Nationalism in Germany
U S High Commissioner McCloy in Bonn denounces revival of nationalism in West Germany noting major democratic parties and some ministers push nationalist aims. He warns of disaster if such trends continue and calls for a broad European outlook. He also warns against neo Nazi groups and outlines SRP as a target of outlaw efforts.
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McCloy
Germany
Bonn
West Germany
U. S
State Department
Europe
West
Socialist Reich Pari
SRP
Konrad Adenauer
Tax probes edge toward recapturing war ship earnings
Senate investigators scrutinize a $2.8 million profit from five wartime surplus ships and a $1.436 million tax claim. Case by case holdings show Stavros Niarchos entities now own the ships and may assume tax liability. Casey partnerships gained profits from tanker deals and Greenwich Marine Corp benefited from charter fees over $2 million annually.
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Washington
Nixon
R.calif
U.S. Treasury
Joseph FE
Casey
Washington Lanyver
House
Massachusetts
Old Maritime Commission
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Stavros Niarchos
Niarchos
Greenwich Marine Corp
Pansamr
Secret Session Yields No News From State Board
The State Board of Education ended a two day meeting with a secret session that produced no report. President Gare Dunn stated the Friday exec session on Feb 22 did not reveal a report and refused to name the subject. Board Secretary H K Barr confirmed there was nothing to report and reporters were allowed to attend the general meeting but not the secret portion.
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State Board of Educcation
Gare Jand Ta
Dunn
H. K. Barr
Decli
The Good Shepherd and His Watchful Flock
A devotional passage centers on Jesus as the good shepherd who knows his sheep. It images Him guiding believers under starry skies, keeping a midnight watch, and leading through Ezekiel’s gates while caring for lambs and protecting all who belong to his fold.
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John
Jesus
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