German seek US loan to fund European army build up
Allied officials report Germany plans to request a large loan from the United States to finance rearming and equipment for a proposed Western European defense force. The loan would fund barracks, air bases, and training areas as Berlin negotiates a peace contract with France Britain and the United States next spring.
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Associated Press NN
Germany
United States
Washington
France
Britain
U. S
Canada
Ottawa
NATO
French Police Arrest Tunisia Mob Leaders
French led police arrested about twenty Tunisian Nationalist and Communist leaders in pre dawn raids and sent them to secret detention spots. A general strike was ordered in Tunis by the General Union of Tunisian Workers to protest the arrests and violence. Police blockades closed roads to Tunis as the Neo Destour congress faced possible disruption.
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Qey Ine Associaten
Escos
Tunis
Tunisia
Lyesterday
Ferryville
Bizerte
North African
National Congress
Neo Destour
New Constitutional
Habib Bourguiba
iNeo-Destour
Rail stocks lead third straight stock market advance
New York trading gave a broad lift with railroads in the lead as the market rose for the third session. J Z Case jumped as much as three points on news that directors proposed a two for one split. Opened strong on 5000 shares at 69 1 2 and traded higher with Santa Fe Northern Pacific Chesapeake and others also gaining including G S Steel Republic Steel Cities Service Anaconda Goodyear Caterpillar and Douglas Aircraft.
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Associated Press
New York
J. Z. Case
Santa Fe
Northern Pacific
Chesapeake
G. S. Steel
Republic Steel
Cities Service
Anaconda Copper
Goodyear
Caterpillar Tractor
International, Nickel
Douglas Aircraft
Weather outlook for West Virginia turns colder at night
Weather bulletin notes fair and colder tonight with low 22 to 29 degrees. Saturday brings increasing clouds and little temperature change. Extended West Virginia forecast shows 19 to 23 degree average temperatures above normal, with warmer Sunday and a cooling trend by Monday night or Tuesday. Rain possible Sunday and again Tuesday or Wednesday, totaling about half to three quarters of an inch. Normals cited as 33 in the north and 36 in the south. Oak Hill reports high yesterday and rain today. Glade Creek rainfall reported with river stages near normal and muddy conditions at Bluestone Reservoir and New.
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W. Vagar
West Virginia
Oak Hill
Fires Cause Half Million Dollars In Charleston Damage
A pair of fires in Charleston caused more than 500000 dollars in damage. The Union Truck Terminal and a Morris Harvey College frame building were damaged with fuel drums exploding. No injuries were reported.
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Charleston
Morris Harvey College
Union
Aubrey Little
W. H. Hanks
Freuhaus — ‘Transportation Company
Area Candidates in May Primary
May primary area candidates listed for Raleigh and Fayette counties. Includes constable and justice of the peace races with party affiliations and candidate names such as BE E Stafford and Basil Armstrong, and mentions Marsh Fork District committeeMan Albert County from Pine Knob.
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Raleigh County
E. Stafford
McGinnis Street
Beckley
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Basil Armstrong
Dothan
Charleston
Harley QC
Stiegers
Davva
D. Pitt O'Brien
Staggers
Beckley Collision Damages Estimated at 160 Dollars
A two car crash at S Fayette and Second Street Thursday night caused about 160 dollars in damage. Drivers were Woodrow Sowder, 34, of Beckley and Alphenson N. Smith, 54, of Beckley.
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S. Fayette and
Second Street
Woodrow Sowder
Beckley
Alphenson N. Smith S4
Beckiey
Young man robs West Virginia grocery, escapes with $4000
A masked man held up Cecil Slone at a Cecil's grocery last night, stealing about $4,000 from the cash register before fleeing toward Catlettsburg Kentucky. Slone said the suspect demanded his money while Slone was stocking shelves and left in a car.
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Ohio
Cecil ‘Slone
Slone
Catlettsburg
Wind Damage Reports in Beckley Area After Thunderstorms
Unusually strong storms with heavy winds tipped a Beckley area aerial, knocked a wall plug and damaged wiring at 3516 Faette Street. Power flickered on the Park Avenue circuit for about five minutes and Mabscott Hill saw an hour outage. Several aerials were blown down, with widespread but brief power interruptions reported citywide. Telephone lines sustained no unusual damage according to Chesapeake and Potomac.
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Beckley
S. Faette Street
Wall Plug
Bernard Martin
Park Avenue
Waldo S. Lafon
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Mabscott Hill
Martin
Ted Robinson
Chesapeake and Potomac ‘Telephone Company
Prince Street
Harper Road
GOP Breach widens as Taft forces clash over Eisenhower bid
In Chicago and Washington, Taft supporters attack glamour over substance urging a militant Republican who can win votes. Lodge, national GOP chair, touts Eisenhower as the candidate who can bring durable peace while urging unity and caution against a weak leadership approach.
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Taft
Associated Pr
San Francisco
Lodge
R-Mass
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chicago
David S. Ingalls
Ager
Ohio
Robert AL Taft
GOP
National Committee
Eisenhower
Dwight Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
California
Gav Faer
Mae wWaiTen
Anti Long Forces Form Coalition In Louisiana Runoff
Six light-ticket candidates who opposed Carlos Spaht in the Democratic primary unite to back Judge Robert F Kennon for the February 19 runoff. Kennon promotes an independent legislature and tax cuts while Spaht pledges to continue Gov Earl Longs program. Mayor DeLesseps Morrrison and Russell Long also back Kennon in the runoff.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Carlos Spaht
Earl K. Long
Jchoice
Robert F. Kennon
Kennon
Tunoff
DeLesseps Morrrnson
Russell Long
Huey P_ Long
Boggs
Louisiana
Spaht
Governor Long
Deep South
Downs Named Public Relations Head for Greenbrier Hotel
William F. Downs of Parkersburg was named to public relations duties for the Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulphur Springs. Downs, 30, serves as assistant to Robert W. McKinnon at the West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission in Charleston, where he has worked for four years eight months. General Manager Truman Wright commented on Byrne Bay's resignation more than a year ago.
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William F. Downs
Greenbrier
Pras White Sulphur Springs
Wiliam F. Downs
Parkersburg
Greenbrier Hotel
Ff Downs
Robert W. McKinnon
West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission
Charleston
H E
Ef, Truman
Wright
The
Greenbriex
Byrne Bay
Economic Stabilizer Says Families Priced Out Of Food Markets
Atlantic City N J Economic Stabilizer Roger L Putnam told grocery wholesalers that sales growth lagged since Korea as many families were priced out of the market He noted retail grocery dollar sales rose 13 percent from June 1950 to October but prices climbed 124 percent and consumption effectively stood still He urged retention of price controls as insurance against further inflation warning higher costs could cut volumes for an industry that relies on sales volume.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Roger L. Putnam
Korea
National American Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Putnam
Jess
Lehman urges cleanup and backs Truman run
Senator Lehman of New York called in a speech for a prompt housecleaning in the Truman administration to purge wrongdoing from federal jobs. He supported Truman as the strongest Democratic candidate and warned against politically motivated attacks on government service. He called foreign propaganda about U S corruption a Moscow tactic and noted McCarthyism as a domestic parallel.
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Associated Press
Washington
Leham
D-Lib. NY
Dem
New Yorker
America
Lehman
Women's National Democratic Club
Truman
Moscow
Radio Moscow
McCarthy
Rwis
Outbursts and Results Minor in Trace Talks
In Munsan Korea delegates wrangled over armistice terms with limited outbursts. A Chinese delegate used a disparaging term toward allies while Generals Ferenbaugh Ridgway Libby and Van Fleet urged airfield bans and prisoner repatriation. Panmunjom sessions showed no table pounding though no softening by the Reds on airfield limits.
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Associated Press
Munsan
Korea
America
Claude Ferenbaugh
North Korea
Yalu
R. E. Libby
Matthew B. Ridgway
U. N
Eighth Army
James A. van Fleet
Isv
Kaesong Serater
Peiping
Kaesong
T Red
Williar P. Nichols
U.N
Oak Hill School Damaged by Fire
Oak Hill Elementary School will follow regular schedules Monday after a fire Thursday night caused water smoke and fire damage to a first floor room used by 38 second graders the second floor teacher area and the third floor cafeteria and sixth grade room. The blaze was believed to originate from a gas stove in the cafeteria and was found between and 3 30 p.m.
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Register
Oak Hill
Lottie Johnson
Madeline Thompson
Coal Tonnage Falls in Week to 11.77 Million Tons
The National Coal Association estimated bituminous production for the week ending Jan 12 at about 11.765 million tons, down from 11.82 million a year earlier. The Jan 2–12 1952 period was about 19.165 million tons versus 21.845 million for Jan 1–13, 1953.
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Associated Press
Washington
National Coal Association
Churchill Seeks Allied Sea Aid in Suez Zone Draws Congress GOP Split
Churchill asks for token U S and allied forces in the Suez canal zone sparking opposition in Congress. Some lawmakers fear dangers in his request for U S steel aid and a four power approach while others weigh the need to curb communism and protect Western sea lanes.
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Churchill
Suez Canal Zone
Congress
Associated Press
Washington
Winston
Truman
Atlantic i
Europe
Suez Canal
United States
France
Turkey
England
Suez
Egypt
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