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1 *■ SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS of Main Street and the World U. S. Charges Commies 'Murdered' 5,500 American Prisoners of War ATROCITIES—A wave of anger rolled across the United States with the grim announcement by Eighth Army officers that the Reds have killed about 5,500 Americans and 290 other U.N. prisoners of war. Civil ian and senate reaction was immediate and brought demands the Korean truce negotiations be broken off and use of atomic weapons against the Communists. Representative Crawford of Michigan summed up the average civil ian’s point of view by stating: “Let’s get an answer from the Commu nists or let’s quit negotiating and get tough and push the fight to a conclusion.” i The atrocity report said the Chinese had killed 2,513 American pris oners, 10 British, 40 Turkish, 5 Belgian and 75 others of “unknown .nationality”. The remainder of the victims were slain by North Koreans before or after the Chinese entered the war. It was also estimated that the Chinese have killed at least 2,780 non-Korean prisoners and the North Koreans about 3,000. The worse atrocity was blamed on the Chinese who killed 1,250 Americans near the Yalu river boundary of Manchuria between Septem ber 16 and 18, 1950. The Eighth Army spokesman who released the atrocity story gave no reason for making it public at this particular time. One result, how ever, is expected to be the cementing of public opinion for a quick peace or an all-out fight using, if necessary, atomic weapons. Immediately after the story was released there were reports of in vestigations into whether or not the death figures were correct. Latest reports indicated they might be revised upward. PEACE TALKS—There was, however, every indication that a cease fire might be in prospect for the Korean battle front and possibly an armistice by Christmas. Allied and Communist negotiators were reported nearing agreement on the latest U. N. proposal. The Allied plan consisted of four points: (1) Hostilities to continue until an armistice is signed; (2) the present battle line to be a provisional cease-fire line; (3) this line to become final if a full armistice is reached within 30 days; and (4) if the armistice is not reached within 30 days, negotiations will start over by drawing a new cease-fire line based on whatever the battle line may be at that time. The idea behind the Allied plan was to gain a cease-fire now, but at the same time keeping the pressure on the Reds so the final armistice agreement could be negotiated. Distrust between the Allies and Communists remains the biggest hurdle in any peace settlement. -Ty??* POLITICS—As a general rule politicians have always been reluc tant of putting down in black and white definite opinions on domestic and foreign policies, especially be fore an important election. Sen. Robert A. Taft, at the moment leading contender for the GOP nomination for president, is an ex ception to the rule. The senator recently wrote a book setting forth his views con cerning U. S. foreign policy which he entitled, “A Foreign Policy for Americans”. Before next year’s campaign is over it could be that Senator Taft will wish he had never had the inspiration or time for his literary effort. The senator, charging that President Truman put “all kinds of political and policy considerations” ahead of his interest in liberty and peace, has started a cyclone in political circles that will grow as the election gets nearer. Taft also says in his book, “If the present trend continues, it seems to me obvious that the President will become a complete dictator in the entire field of foreign policy and thereby acquire power to force upon congress all kinds of domestic policies which must necessarily follow.” In rebuttal, the Democrats are charging that Taft is still an isola tionist and the same man who said in 1940: “War is even worse than a German victory.” mi S&:- : * - AGAIN 'NO'— For the second time in as many weeks President Tru man had occasion to say “no” to a proposal that he meet with Premier Stalin, Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Pleven for a big four con ference. The suggestion was made by President Vincent Auriol of France. The President contended the United Nations is the forum in which the leaders of the world should work for peace. He added, however, he would be willing to confer with Stalin if the Soviet leader came to Wash ington. On several occasions the President has given the same answer to such • proposition, expressing the opinion that agreements with the Russians are not worth the paper on which they are written. MEAT SUPPLY- The small town housewife will resume her role as fhe dictator of prices of steaks, chops and roasts in the neighborhood butcher shop in the next few months. That is the opinion of prominent cattle producers and farmers in the midwest corn belt where cattle and swine are finished for market. . Stockmen base their reasoning on mounting livestock production in the nation, with federally inspected beef plants turning out beef at a higher rate than in any November in four years. Housewife resistance to high prices is credited with already rolling back pork prices from 1 to 12 cents a pound below ceiling levels. Gross farm income is reported higher this year than last because of the large numbers of animals marketed at higher prices, but net profits are reduced because of higher operating costs. Also of concern to cattle producers is rising imports of foreign meat, some of which has not yet been placed on the market. This country’s Imports of pork and beef this year are breaking all former records. Pork imports are up 60 per cent over last year. AUTO TOLL- The National Safety Council, which has geared its statistical service to a weekly basis, reported last week the death figure from automobile accidents has reached 995,600. The millionth death will occur during the third week of December, the NSC predicts. “This tragic event would make a mockery of all that Christmas stands for,” Ned H. Dearborn, council president said. “I appeal to every one to drive and walk with extreme caution during the next few weeks. The millionth traffic death can be delayed if everyone does his part.” NEW TAXES—While vacationing in Florida, President Truman Is reported to be working on another request to congress for increased taxes. The report states he will definitely ask for more money when the law makers come back to work in January. Only the amount of the increase Is yet to b£ determined. The report immediately drew the fire of Republicans and Democrats alike. Several stated they will not vote for any more taxes. And Senator George of Georgia, chairman of the powerful finance committee which handles tax measures in the senate, has already stated he will not vote for an increase “short of all-out war or a war crisis.” The lawmakers are well aware of the fact that 1952 is an election year and that a tax increase is always an unpopular measure. UNITED NATIONS Talk continued in the United Nations last week on disarmament with the Western powers outlining details of their plan and the Russians proposing one of their own, a dusted-off version of one that has been rejected by the West a number of times. Not even the most optimistic member of the United Nations believed that anything other than talk would come from the proposed plans. The rival disarmament plans are attracting a great deal of space in news papers in all parts of the world, but the general public seems to view them as propaganda. IS STALIN ABOUT TO DIE? Rumors Say Premier's Heart Weakened Is Premier Stalin of Russia about to die? That question was being asked by world leaders around the globe last week as rumors began circulating In Berlin that Stalin's health has deteriorated greatly in the past month or so. The Premier, who will be 72 next month, is believed making his usual winter visit to a Black Sea resort to escape Moscow's cold weather. He was absent from the tribunal atop Lenin’s tomb when the Soviet armed forces paraded through Red Square in Moscow November 7, the 34th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. The rumor persists that he was not there because of the heart condition, from which he has suffered for years. BLOOD CHAMP . . . B. H. Horton, Royston, Ga., believes he has set some sort of record as a blood donor. He is suffering from a rare disease which manufactures more blood than needed. He has given 168 pLits of blood in three years of donating. TRUMAN APPOINTEE . . . Vice president of the Chase National Bank of New York, Edwin A. Locke, Jr., was appointed by Presi dent Truman as coordinator of technical and economic aid in near east with the personal rank of am bassador. COMFORTS WIFE . . . Joseph Hrostoski, Wrightwaiers, L.I., com forts wife after her arraignment on murder charge In death -if her son, Joseph, 3. She admits flood ing car with exhaust fumes through a hose. A daughter, Mary, 1, is in critical condition in a hospital and may not recover. DREAD DISEASE VICTIM .. Earl Vensel, researcher at the Pitts burgh school of public health searching for cures for virus infec tions hitting our troops in Korea, has fallen victim to a virus dis ease himself—encephalitis. ROYAL VISITOR . . . Prince Mis- haal Ibn Abdul Aziz, son of King Ibn-Saud of Saudi Arabia, arrived recently on the Queen Elizabeth fo» a visit in the United States. Tb- young prince was recently ap* pointed minister of defense. THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C. SAVED FROM WRECKAGE ... In Flushing, Long Island, New York, Dewey Heil, an American Legion post commander, proudly holds a bottle of Scotch whisky which miraculously remained intact and unbroken In Heil’s car after another car collided with it, with the results shown in the photograph. The bottle of whisky was to be delivered to the final living member of a “last man’s club” of the Queens police post. WEST BERLIN UNIVERSITY ... A group of students look at the prize-winning model of the new West Berlin free university which is expected to be constructed for their use within a year. Funds for the construction of the building were made available through a Ford founda tion grant of $1,309,500 made last July. The university was designed by Berlin architects Franz Heinrich and Gustav Muller. The library will hold one million books and the lecture hall 1.5 million students. PRETTY AS A BIRD IN A CAGE . . . The enterprising photographer at Miami Beach, Florida, looked for something to tie in the resort’s mild winter climate with the opening of the 1952 basketball season, and the next thing model Toby Gerard knew she had been thrown for a loop. A right fair crip shot we would say. Hope the teams down Florida way don’t start using pretty swim suit girls for basketballs. FRIENDLY CHAT . . . General Matthew B. Rigdway (right), wearing his usual battle harness with grenade and first aid kit, is in a smiling mood as he chats with Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, chief allied peace negotiator (left), upon arrival of the supreme commander of allied forces in the far east at Mnnson recently for a series of top-level talks upon the progress of peace negotiations with the Reds, who recently virtually dared the U.N. to break off negotiations. i I l \ l Mrs. Truman RS. TRUMAN makes no bones about her desire to turn the White House over to new tenants. At a reception the other day, the first lady confided to a friend: “This is a terrible life. We don’t have any privacy at all. If I want to go across the hall to see the President or Margaret, I have to get dressed up. I can’t just slip a kimono on, for you never know who you’ll find in the hall. I’ll be glad when we get back to Independence and can live like human beings.” Mrs. Truman said she thought the government should provide pri vate living quarters away from the White House for the first fam ily. She was referring, of course, to the fact that Secret Servic* vigilance has been tightened since the attempt on the President’s life, to that guards are on every floor of Blair House. The Taft Brothers Taft forces are so sore at broth er Charles Taft for announcing for Governor of Ofijo that they may put genial Congressman George Bender, a GOP stalwart, into the Republican primary in Ohio to run against brother Charles. There are several reasons for this row over the younger member of the Taft family. Primarily, Bob Taft forces are sore because two Tafts in a political race cause con fusion and make the public think one family is out to dominate the state. Second, brother Charles has not been regular. He was a friend of Franklin Roosevelt, voted for him a couple of times and served under hint in the Federal Security Administra tion and later In the State de partment during the war. Charles also bolted the regular Republicans in Cincinnati where he has been a member of the city council and helped elect a Democratic mayor, Albert Cash. Backstage Boss Democrat Frank McHale, tower ing boss of the onetime Indiana 2 per cent club machine, makes no bones about the fact that he put Hoosier banker Frank McKinney across as Democratic national chairman, coached him at his first press conference, dictated letters for him to sign, and arranged his appointments. McHale nabbed the committee chairmanship for his protege by the old adage of “being thar fustest with the mostest.” Jake Arvey, the Chicago Dem ocratic boss, tipped McHale off that Bill Boyle was on the skids and suggested that the big Hoosier might like the job himself. Where upon McHale put in a long-distance call for his friend and fellow Irish man, Kingmaker Matt Connelly bf Mr. Truman’s staff. “I know just the type person you need to restore the prestige of the National Committee,” he said. “He should be young, a successful business executive, clean as a hound’s tooth, and a loyal Democrat.” “If yon know that kind of a guy, you’ve bought yourself a national chairman,” Connelly said. McHale then recommended Frank McKinney who both fits the de scription and did a bang up job in the Pentagon. Kingmaker Connelly saw to it the door was bolted, re fused to let other Democrats with candidates of their own see the President. Washington Items Governor foewey did not meet secretly with Eisenhower at the Waldorf as reported last week. A broadway columnist got that one mixed with a Waldorf meeting which did take place between Dew ey, Senator Duff of Pennsylvania, Herbert Brownell, the Dewey GOP mentor, and Gen. Lucius Clay. Georgia-born Clay, a lifelong Dem ocrat, is now in the Eisenhbwer camp. The meeting discussed ways and means of rounding up delegates despite the fact that Ike cannot declare until next spring. There’s not the slightest ques tion but that Ike started life as a Democrat. His first speech at the age of 18 at Abilene, Kan sas, was at a Jackson Day din ner. Taft-ites are suspected of putting a neat one over on Arthur Krock. He reported that Ike „would come over to the Taft side If the senator would desert the isolationists. \ * j Washington Pipeline Only diplomat who got the VIP treatment at the Soviet embassy party last week was Premier Mos sadegh of Iran. The Russians sup plied 'Mossadegh with a four-man escort to run interference through the big crowd which clustered three deep around the caviar. (American guests at the Soviet embassy shun Soviet champagne which it sweet and usually hot, but make a be*> lina for the bowls of caviar as soon as they arrive. SHOPPER'S CORNER By DOROTHY BARCLAY LIQUID SUNSHINE TF winter comes, can colds and A flu and dreary, dark days be far behind? Then comes the clamor for citrus fruits, nature’s own well- timed way of supplying the sun shine we miss so much in the win ter months. From now. throughout the winter, it’s hello, Florida, Cali fornia, Texas and Arizona, as the parade of citrus fruits marches into your favorite mar ket. The early and midseason crop of oranges and grape fruit from Florida has been seeping in to your store since early fall. Flori da, of course, is the chief grape fruit producer, and in recent years has led California in the produc tion of oranges, too. Texas normal ly, is second only to Florida in grapefruit, but don’t look for too much Texas fruit this year—that great state is still feeling last win ter’s big freeze. Arizona, like Tex as, is not the great hope this year, anticipating just a medium fair harvest. FRESH OR FROZEN So now’s the time, ladies, while you’re waiting for the new southern harvest, to study the comparative prices of canned and frozen citrus juices with the fresh fruits, and decide which is your best buy. Here’s how they measure up: A No. 2 can of orange juice provides 5 half-cup servings, while a No. 3 can affords 12 ounces. A pound of fresh oranges gives you just two , or three half-cups of sections. and juice. But when you come to* the frozen concentrate—you know th$ one to which you add anywhere from 3 to 5 cans of water—the ounce capacity is exactly equal to the half-cup. Figure it out yourself, lady, and buy the amount and the form for which you will have the most use. * If you decide that you get more for your money in the frozen or canned juice, here’s news for you —as a matter of history, the con sumption of these processed forms is hitting a 2-year record, a figure 30 per cent larger in one sample month than the same month a year ago. And when you consider that the prices are also at the low est level in 2 years, too, and that you save valuable time from squeezing, you realize that you’re pretty well-off to get 6 ounces,; or six half-cups of juice from the frozen concentrate, for only a little over 21 cents. * 1 mm HEALTH IN CITRUS There’s a connection between the demand of hunger and the supply to satisfy that hunger, especially in the citrus fruits. For oranges and- grapefruit and lerhons and limes, abound in Vitamin C, ascorbic acid, £o necessary especially in the win tertime. A large share of the rec ommended daily amount of this essential vitamin, is supplied just when we need it most, to build up resistance to the ills of winter. But remember, ladies, that this important vitamin is destroyed by exposure to air. Once the can is opened, store it in a covered con tainer in the refrigerator, just as you would store the frozen diluted or freshly squeezed juice. Machinery Threatens. Existence of Old Dobbin PIERRE, S. D.—Farm mechani zation has threatened the existence of old dobbin in South Dakota, a 1951 state assessment survey re veals. The new survey figures show that state’s farmers have more tractors and combines than horses. There are about 98,600 in South Dakota now, a decrease of 21,000 in one year. There are 85,800 tractors, an in crease of 3,000 in one year, and 20,800 combines, an increase of 2.000. CLASSIFIED. DEPARTMENT AGENTS QUICK Easy Money in your own perma nent business. Complete lines cards, mot toes, Bibles. Catalogs, orderbooks, ac tual samples $1.00. Hinkle C.A.L. Service, Dayton, Va. BUSINESS & INVEST. OPPOR. BOWLING ALLEYS—For Sale. 10 Duck- pin alleys and equipment. Profitable bus iness. Alleys can be moved. W. U. Nor ton Agency, Inc., Gainesville, Ga. Phone 819. CLOTHING, FURS, ETC. SPECIAL For The Kiddies—Cowboy boots. All leather, first quality, low heel, black or red, sizes 6 to 3. Regular $6.00. Now only $4.95. Send check or money order to Irving Martin Co., P.O. Box if 6158, Miami 29, Florida. FARMS A RANCHES FOR SALE 275 acre Farm. New modern 60 cow dairy barn, Milk Bar on U.S. Highway 41. Land, Barn, Cows, equip ment and home, all priced to se.i. Year round grazing, mild winters. National Realty Company, Lee Ivey, Broker, Cor- dele, Georgia. FOR SALE 566 aeres cattle Ranch. Ad ditional acreage available. Beautiful home, permanent year round pasture, mild winters. National Realty Co., Lee Ivey, Broker, Cordele, Ga. HELP WANTED—MEN SALESMAN Te Represent live-wire De tective Agency. Pleasant, profitable work. No selling. Average eqmlngs $100 week. Write FIDELITY DETECTIVE AGENCY. 1209 Crawford. Heneton, Tex. RADIO SERVICEMAN SHEPHERD RADIO-TV STARKE, Fla. MACHINERY A SUPPLIES PLANER NO. 67, AND MATCHER. Endless belts. One set of Jones and Orth T and G heads. Been in use approximately • weeks. W4U take less than list. Reason for selling have bought larger planer. 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Not only is each carton chock full of smoking enjoyment, but each carton comes already gift-wrapped with a built-in Christmas card for your personal greeting. If some of the men on your list are pipe- smokers or like to roll their own cigarettes, then get them the Na tional Joy Smoke—Prince Albert, America’s most popular smoking tobacco. The big one-pound tin comes in a Christmas box and it’s a beauty. It’s all ready to give. No fuss, nc» bother. There’s a space where you write in your greeting and that’s all there is to it. So save time, save hustle and bustle by giving cool, mild Camels and mellow Prince Albert Smoking Tb- bacco. See your dealer today. —Adv. FILMS DEVELOPED BY MAIL UCM PRINT MTtO ON MCI VAIOAIU PREMIUMS 6IVIN MT MTTIR PRINTS FOR USS DON’T CRY Over BiWousness 8c HeadachesI Don’t Hang onto Old Habits that Cause Sicklsh Conditions—Find The Reason— If Your Liver is Lazy Next Tine Next Tine Over 8 Generations Ten’ll Like Then Te*. HEAD COU> STUFFINESS WITH FAST K*Of ACTON Of PENETRO NOSE DROPS WNU—7 49—51' Kentucky Gets $1 Billion Worth of New Industries FRANKFORT, Ky. — Governor Lawrence Wetherby reported re cently commitments of capital In Kentucky industrial plants, many of them located in the state’s small towns, now exceeds $1,000,000. The governor said, “This new wealth equals nearly half the total assessed value of property in Ken tucky less than 15 years ago.” Ken tucky business was up 15 per cent the first half of 195L No Other Rub Ms Faster hr Miuterole not only brings fast relie' but its great pain-relieving medicatior breaks up congestion in upper broo dual tubes. Musterole offers ALL the benefits of a mustard plaster without the bother of making one. Just rub it on chest, throat and back. jaMUSTEROLE