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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C. SCANNING TBE WEEK'S NEWS of Main Street and the World Korean Peace by Christmas Possible; U.S. Casualties Now Total 100,176 KOREA — Peace in Korea by Christmas is the one gift the people of America’s home towns desire more than any other. Although there Is no assurance that such a peace will be forthcoming, the possibility does exist. The hope that the world will have peace by Christmas was bolstered by reports from Korea that the Communists and Allies had reached agreement on a cease-fire line across that war-torn country. Agreement on the cease-fire line, however, does not mean peace by Christmas. After ratification of the line, it becomes the final buffer zone across Korea provided the two sides agree within 30 days on all remaining armistice issues. If no 30-day agreement is reached on supervising the truce, exchange of prisoners and recommendations to the governments on troop withdrawals, the buffer line will be revised when a full armistice finally is signed. Considering past experiences in negotiations with the Communists, the 30-day talking period would seem very short. Their delaying tactics have consumed months thus far and it is unlikely they will change them. MARCH OF DIMES * FIGHT INFANTILE PARALYSIS THE DEAD—Meanwhile, this limited Asian conflict, called a police action by many, has turned into the fourth costliest war in this nation’s history. The casualty list now totals 100,176, the Defense department reports. The actual battle figure is higher than the JANUARY 2-31 latest released figures, because official announce ments of this kind are generally two or three weeks behind combat action. In comparison, the total battle losses for the entire war in the south west Pacific was 113,991. Of this total, 84,200 were killed or wounded. DISARMAMENT — The most important question discussed at the U.N. meeting in Paris thus far has been disarmament on a world-wide scale. Both the west and the east have offered their plans. General disarmament would give the people in the home towns of this country and elsewhere in the world a new sense of security. The outlook, however, is gloomy. The Russians insist that prohibition of atomic bombs ought to pre cede any disarmament move, followed by a big five disarmament con ference, and an immediate one-third cut of all conventional armed forces and weapons. The western idea is for an orderly, stage-by-stage process, starting with a census of existing armaments, including atomic and armed • forces; real inspection and verification of any arms cuts; and ultimate prohibition of atomic weapons. The possibility of a compromise between the two views is unlikely. As a result, the world can expect the general assembly to become mired in debate and world tension to continue at the present level. THE COLD WAR— On the Cold War front there was one important development during the past week. President Truman ordered with drawal of all American tariff concessions to the Soviet Union and Poland. In addition, the President imposed a complete ban on the im portation of luxury furs from the two Communist countries. Some weeks ago Russia halted all shipments of manganese to the U. S. and since that time the fur trade has been an important source of doUar revenue for the Communist bloc. The President’s action does not completely halt imports from the Soviet Union and Poland, but it does mean the two countries will have to pay higher tariff rates. Similar action had previously been taken against Communist regimes in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and China. EUROPE—Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe, told North Atlantic Treaty nations last week that “baby” A-bombs and other new weapons eventually may cut Europe’s military requirements, but in the meantime everything possible must be done to build western defenses. The general said he wanted as many divisions as fast as they could be supplied—between 30 and 40 in 1952 and between 60 and 70 by 1954. * He warned the Atlantic Treaty nations “there is no possibility, if war comes, of any of us, our children, or our children’s children, liv ing a life of decency again.” FARM TREND—The latest Bureau of the Census report reveals there has been a decided trend toward fewer but bigger and better equipped farms between 1940 and 1950. In 1950 there were 5,384,000 farms in the United States compared to 6,097,000 in 1940. During the decade, however, the average size farm unit grew from 174 acres to 210.5 acres. Despite the decrease in the number of farms the total acreage remained approximately the same in 1950 as in 1945. Other statistics in the report included: (1) About 870,000 fewer per sons were working on U. S. farms in 1950 than in 1940; (2) Less than one-third as many horses and mules were on farms in 1950 as in 1920; (3) In 1950 there were 59,764,000 cattle and calves more than three months old on farms as compared to 60,674,736 in April, 1940; (4X-The number of chickens on farms was 2,500,000, or 0.7 per cent more than in 1940. GAMBLING— The new federal tax on gambling may reach into hundreds of home towns as a result of a new ruling by Revenue Com missioner John B. Dunlap. The commissioner has ruled that the $50 license fee oh gambling applies to thousands of stores which have punch boards on their premises. Each clerk in such establishments as toba%po shops, gas stations and other retail stores where the owners accept money from a customer for a punch board chance must purchase a license, he ruled. fP?" SHtr r * It 4*KT mtd rm \ sales! <1 doilarT Via, ’ ''' ■ HW 004 POt DCmCUTlOM YK TO ^UtMOtDOS . * RO« ttco* I What happens to the millions big corporations take in each year has often baffled the man on Main Street. Here is how General Motors, one of the biggest in the nation, spent its sales dollar: 26 3/4 cents to employees, 49 1/4 cents to suppliers, 15 1/4 cents for taxes, 1 3/4 cents for depreciation, 1/2 cent for reconversion, 4 3/4 cents to shareholders, and 1 i/4 to maintain the business. NATIONAL DEBT U. S. Debt Nearing $275 Billion Limit Barring unexpected changes in the present economic trend,' 1 the United States debt is expected to push past the present legal limit of $275,000,000,000 during the next year. Aa a result. Secretary of the Treas ury Snyder is expected to ask con gress to raise the national debt ceiling. At the '?nd of November the na tional debt was estimated at $259,- 000,000,000, an increase of $4 billion since April and the highest in 4*6 years. By June, 1952, the debt is ex pected to amount to $262,500,000,000. If present spending and tax receipt forecasts are correct the debt will pass the $265 billion mark during the following six months. This would necessitate lifting the legal debt ceiling. JAILBREAKER CAPTURED . „ . Raymond Young, one ef “10 most wanted criminals,” was captured recently in Denver. Using the name of Young, he had been living in Denver since 1948 after escaping from a California prison. He did not resist. REVEALS ATROCITIES . . • Colonel James Hanley, Seattle, Wash., discusses on arrival in Tokyo from Korea his charges of wholesale massacre of allied prisoners by the Communists. His revelation preceded authority from U.N. officials on the release. * •' - • ••• • WARNS WEST . . . Hossein Eat- emi, spokesman for Iran’s prime minister, warns that his country will not stand for any political or economic pressure from any nation. He says that economically Iran is as well off as England. »* ft* •e sar m so 9 »» m n a % t s# * mm f - j P « >: U ' ** 5 **«| mm » m * mu? n* u m t W « n mi * r ** aa m YULETIDE TRADITION ... Again this Christmas season, as it has an nually since 1929 with the exception of the years of World War II, the Missouri Pacific railroad will light the world’s largest Christmas tree. The front of the 22-story general office building in St. Louis, which fronts on Civic Plaza, gives the unique effect of a huge Christmas tree through the turning on of certain lights in certain offices in the large building. RESCUED PILOT THANKS TANKER CREW . . . Lieutenant Donald Hammer, Johnston, Pa., a U.S. navy pilot, thanks members of a lifeboat crew aboard the Robert E. Hopkins, an oil tanker. The rescue crew saved him from the ocean off Cape Hatteras when his fighter plane made a forced landing during maneuvers. Lieutenant Hammer,« mem ber of a land-based squadron, said his engine exploded. WINS NOBEL AWARD . . . Swed ish author Paer Fabian Lagerkvist was awarded the 1951 Nobel prize for literature for his novel “Bar- abbas,” a story of the criminal whose place Christ took on the cross. The award was made at the Swedish academy. SOUR NOTE IN PERON OVATION ... In Buenos Aires, a very small fry dissenter in background injects a loud and sour note into the festivi ties as Peron admirers cheer the Argentine president after his election. The infant obviously isn’t one bit impressed with the fact that Juan Peron has been returned to office for another six-year term. The Rad ical party in Argentina said that many of the vote totals announced in the recent election were incorrect and filed protests. LAUGHING BOY • ... Andrei Vlsb- insky, who laughed and laughed when the western powers sug gested disarmament discussions, chews on his fingertips in U.N. general assembly in Paris as Brit ain Is accused by Egypt. BRING BROTHER HOME . . . Corporals Henry and Richard Needham salute the casket of their brother. Sergeant John Needham, before starting their trip from Oakland, Calif., to Lansing, Mich., as escort for their brother who was killed in action in Korea last January. Both Henry and Richard also fought in Korea, receiving seven purple hearts between them. Henry is an amputee. They met in San Francisco where they were assigned to take John's body home. Peace and Prestige O NE REASON President Truman ducked out for the Key West sunshine was to work undisturbed on two major issues that have been keeping him awake nights—world peace and the administration’s sag ging prestige. White House assistants were warned about the Key West trip by Mr. Truman at a staff confer ence, “This won’t be any picnic. We’ve got plenty of hard work to do.” On the first headache, peace, Mr. Truman assembled all the plans and ideas dumped on the White House doorstep to study at Key West. He hopes to come up with a tangible, imaginative program to stop the spread of communism and prevent war. The President, for all his other faults, has an almost mystic, though sometimes naive sense of his role of a peacemaker and con stantly repeats to close associates: “The only thing that counts is to find a way to world peace.” Mr. Truman has in mind a type of point 4 program which would teach other nations how to build their industry and agriculture as an alternative to the huge armaments race. He is also deeply concerned about a related problem which this columnist *has frequently reported —namely, the hundreds of thou sands of iron curtain escapees who have fled to the west but are treat ed no better than under Commu nist regimes, simply because the Atlantic Pact nations have no plan of action. Before he left for Florida, Mr. Truman suggested to • several sen ate friends who planned European junkets: “Look around while you are abroad, and tell me really what is happening, what people over there are thinking, and what we should do.” On the second major problem —sagging prestige here at home —Truman remarked to new Democratic chairman Frank Mc Kinney that the corruption issue had sunk deeper than he real ized and there had to be a house cleaning. He indicated to Mc Kinney that he would try to work out something ~ drastic along this line. One top presidential adviser- has recommended that Howard Mc Grath, the do-nothing attorney gen eral, be dropped, and a hard-driving independent reformer be appointed to crack down on crooks and graft ers. Two names were suggested: Sen. Wayne Morse, the Oregon re publican, and Sen. Estes Kefauver, the crime-busting Democrat. Truce Talks Here is the inside story on the Korean truce talks. General Ridgway has cabled a stirong recommendation to the Pen tagon that we keep the military pressure on the Communists until all the terms of the armistice are settled. Otherwise, he warns that the Chinese will stall over such matters as inspection teams and exchanging prisoners. Ridgway also claimed that his forces can hurry the final armistice—provided they re main free ty twist the Commu nists’ arm. On the other hand, he argues that after a truce his men won’t feel like fighting for ground that they know is going to be given back anyway. Ridg- way’s gamble is that his tactics won’t cause a breakdown of the talks, but will actually speed the final armistice. a However, there is no question but 'that Ridgway’s proposal rep resents a definite and important change of policy. Here are the background facts which they are considering. When we went into the truce talks, the biggest obstacle seemed to be drawing a truce line. We agreed—in fact, urged—that the truce line be settled first. This has been the whole question of the past several weeks. We even drew our proposed truce line on a map so the Communists could have no doubts about it. After months of haggling, the Communists finally came around to our terms. Their last proposal was so close to our de mands that there was nothing left to haggle over. At first Washing ton couldn’t imderstand why Ridg way didn’t snap it up, but sent his negotiators back instead with a flat rejection and a warning that the truce line couldn’t be drawn until the other terms of the armistice were settled. Backstage The ABN underground in south ern Russia claims three Soviet re publics, Kazakh, Uzbek and Turk- omen, are boiling with revolt and vast purges. (ABN is an under ground of Moslem and Mongolian groups in south and east Russia. A peasant revolt in all the Euro pean satellites has brought a shake- up in Communist agriculture min- istries plus short rations . . . Ar gentina’s dictator Peron has just fired eight of his top generals. SHOPPER'S CORNER By DOROTHY BARCLAY VEGETABLE PROBLEM S TUCK for ideas for fresh vege tables to serve that hungry family of yours? Want to give them that special treat, as a vari ant from those far-sighted canned and frozen products you either processed yourself or bought at your favorite market, and put away for a rainy day? Save ’em, lady, for you’ll find some excellent buys in fresh vege tables. Just look around, and take counsel with your grocer. You’ll find onions, to taste up any meal. You’ll find celery, so deli cious in soups, or stews, or cooked alongside your Saturday night pot roast. You’ll find carrots galore, for creaming, for sticks, for that savory “sweep-the-kitchen” stew. You’ll find turnips and rutabagas for whatever purpose you use 'em.i You’ll find Brussels sprouts and cauliflower, and beets and snap beans, and some pe^m*. You’ll even find sweet potatoes and their cou sin, 'lyinter squash. So don’t be downhearted—you >aan have your vegetables. Those carrots will keep, too, if you store them property. ♦ For that hardy, root can be left!.in the ground and survive several hard frosts without harming, and then dug and moved into a cave or storage room. For the best results, authorities tell us, remove the tops to within an inch of the fruit, and choose for storage only those carrots that are free of blemish and disease, and in good condition. Eat the others im mediately. Moist sand is recom mended as the best preservative for storing carrots, as it prevents shrinkage. So there you are, for plentiful supply for now and then. Sweet potatoes, on the other hand, need dry, tepid storage. Don’t leave them anywhere damp or cold, and don’t bruise the skins. Your own home-grown ones can be left ex- "posed to wind and sun long enough io dry, before you bring them in side. But whether grown or bought at your store, treat ’em gently, for the skin is of a baby-like delicacy. .Sort the dried potatoes and store them in slatted crates that allow free circulation of air. The best storage place for sweets is your furnace room, which normally maintains the ideal temperr.ture of about 55 degrees. SOLVE WITH SQUASH Top solution of your fresh vege table problem is winter squash, a favorite with the average American appetite. It’s plentiful and economi cal, and lends itself |to everything from a main course, an accompany ing vegetable, or a pie for desert. You'D find aU varieties at your grocer's, from the Acorn, ideal for the small family in a rush, to the larger Hubbard, Buttercup and Butternut, ► and the generous Mar blehead, for tjie large family din ner or company. Squash abounds in vitamin A. that essential builder of growth and good eyesight. 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