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SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS of Main Street and the World iverage Citizen Is Saving More, Sales and Profit Survey Reveals PEACE TALKS—As home towners had expected, the 30-day provi sional cease-fire-line agreement in Korea expired without final agree ment between the Communists and the* United Nations in their peace talks. As a result, it will be necessary to redraw the cease-fire line whenever all other armistice points are settled. Although progress in the talks has been slow, the over-all picture is encouraging. Results are beginning to show. First, and possibly most important, is the slackening of fighting, re sulting in a great drop in the number of casualties on both sides. This policy is likely to continue as long as the talks are in progress, because, as Gen. James A. Van Fleet told correspondents: “We will not sacrifice our men needlessly. What is the use of thousands of casualties if it is questionable what good they would do?" Second, the United States and its allies have a general idea, although somewhat inaccurate, of the number of fighting men held by the Com munists in their prisoner-of-war camps. United Nations negotiators, however, are still pressing for a full accounting of more than 50,000 unlisted Allied prisoners. The U.S. has asked specifically what has be come of 1,058 Americans not on the official Red prisoner-of-war list. How soon a final agreement can be reached in the talks is anyone's guess, but distrust on the part of both sides will not hasten it. As an example, the Reds charge the lack of agreement due to “extraordinary antics . . . colossal bungling, criminal negligence^ and master-race ar rogance" by the Americans. On the other hand, the Allies charge the “Communists have run true to form . . , With few exceptions the talks have been marked by the familiar Red pattern of delay, deceit, and diversionary tactics.” PRICE CUTS—Rural and small town families, by far the largest group of mail order patrons in the country, are wondering if the an nounced price cuts on thousands of items by the firms located in Chi cago is an indication of things to come during 1952. Midwinter sales catalogues of the four biggest mail order houses In the business list lower prices on thousands of items. It is the biggest cut in years. One firm cut the price on an U-cubic-foot refrigerator from $262.72 to $212.75, a 2$ per cent mark down on men’s shirts, and price reduc tions ranging from 80 cents to $2.30 on tires from last fall’s levels. The firm also listed 400 price cuts on both wood and metal furniture. SALES SAG-The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Trade Commission, in a report of business conditions during the last quarter of 1951, said sales in the nation dropped under the pre- viods quarter’s level for the first time since 1949. The report also said the profit sag, which began at the end of 1950, continued with manufac turers returns amounting to 15 per cent before taxes and 23 per cent after taxes. Sales fell off $2,600,000,000 during the period. Only four of the 22 industries covered in the report recorded an in crease of profits before taxes in the third quarter of last year. They were petroleum, food, tobacco, and apparel and finished textiles. The commissions did not attempt to interpret the general decline in business. It was obvious, however, that decline was due to a consumer buying lull that started early in 1950, sharp increases in defense taxes, shortages of materials and controls on scarce metals. Most observers believe the trend can be expected to continue during the early part of this year. THE OLD SOCK—According to Secretary of Commerce Sawyer the average citizen in the home towns of the nation are putting more and more of their money in the old sock and keeping it there. He says savings are greater now than at any time in the last five years. Sawyer is all for this saving spree of Americans—amounting to an annual rate of $22,000,000,000—because he believes it has helped turn the tide against rampant inflation. He warned, however, that if Amer icans spend these savings in a new wave of buying, inflatary pressures will surge up again. Personal incomes rose from $225,000,000,000 in 1950 to $251,000,000,000 in 1951. Now, in the early days of 1952, the rate is about $260,000,000,000. GOP CIRCUS-The race of Republicans to secure the GOP presi dent nomination is taking on they atmosphere of a circus—so many are joining the show that spectators are going to miss some of the acts. The latest is Harold E. Stassen. Already active are Sen. Robert Taft of Ohio and Gov. Earl Warren of California. Remaining to join the big show is Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, considered by many the white hope of the Republican party. The other candidates had this to say of Stassen’s announcement: “Every American has a right to run for President and it’s well that the Republicans should have a wide choice."—Taft. “His (Stassen’s) candi dacy should stimulate discussion of national issues and he will un doubtedly be an important factor in the Republican convention.’’—War ren. * > THE SUMMARY—Secretary of State Dean Acheson, whose popu larity with the American people has increased since the Japanese peace conference in San Francisco, recently summed up the American foreign policy for 1951. Dividing the global picture into four sections,, he had this to say: Europe and the North Atlantic—The year 1951 was a period of prog ress and growth . . . The North Atlantic Treaty organization’s military command has gone forward . . . The important decisions that must be made early in 1952 have to do with the quantity and quality of European military forces, German participation in the defense of Europe, and creation of a European defense community and a European army. The Near and Middle East—We lost some ground. The Suez water way and Iranian oil crises offer dangerous opportunities for exploita tion by the Kremlin. On the other hand, Greece and Turkey are bright spots. The Far East—In Korea, the UN must guard against a renewal of Communist treachery, even if an armistice is signed. The Pacific—The past year was one in which progress was made toward building a structure of peace through a series of treaties with Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, and Japan. h -s ; ' ilia mm P* Q W'i I sx?**** W-A Officers at the Army post office in Tokyo are pictured as they started sorting some 800 Utters from Red held Allied prisoners-of-war in Korea to tbeir families. The Utters were flown to the United States and then sent to families in all parts of the nation by airmail-special delivery. EMPLOYMENT IN 1952 All-Time Peak of 63 Million Seen Robert C. Goodwin, director of the employment security in the Labor department, has predicted that 63,000,000 Americans will have jobs during 1952, an all-time peak in the nation’s history. The record ’ 4 now stands at 62,600,000, set in August, 1951. Goodwin said 1951 was a year "with full employment, the high est standard of living in history. and the greatest industrial strength and capapity on record." As for 1952 he forecast employ ment expansion by mass hiring in heavy industry as many industries with big defense orders complete tooling and designing stages prep aratory to volume production. He said these demands, plus the demands of agriculture, should cause the peak by midsummer. NEW WHITE HOUSE AIDE . . .« David E. Bell, Palo Alto, Calif., was appointed administrative as sistant to President Truman recent ly. The President is' currently working on his committee to clean out fraud in Washington and silence criticism. ABANDON TAFT, ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE . . . Senator James Duff of Pennsylvania stands beside the doorway of the “Eisenhower-for- President" headquarters which were formally opened recently at the Shoreham hotel in Washington, D.C. "We like Ike" is the motto over the door. The various Eisenhower heau^uarters have received no open sup port from their recommended candidate who is busy in Europe. VOTES AGAINST SELF . Uruguay President Dr. Andres Trueba casts ballot in election to abolish presidency and substitute fur it a nine-man council. The con stitutional change was approved by a majority of about 29,000 votes. : ' f <,'y x; : •,.%$%« A , m fm X?* HEART IN NEWS AGAIN . . . Richard D. Russell, Los Angeles, and fiancee, Gloria Spires, walk in hospital hall. He is the man whose delicate heart operation was viewed by doctors coast to coast on T.V. But it belongs only to Gloria now, instead of the doctors. MMgiipg At ^ ORDERED TO SAVE . . . Superior Judge Frank Swain, Hollywood, ordered actress Diane Cassidy to invest 10 per cent of her salary in savings bonds after she argued she was having difficulty living on $200 per week and paying back debts from her income. i MYSTERY MAN ... Henry Grune- wald mops face after refusing to testify at open tax scandal hearing in Washington that he had demand ed. The special sub-committee rec ommended a contempt actioar against him. REMEMBER THE LION OF AFRICA? . . . Marshall Rodolfo Graziani was known as the Lion of Africa when Mussolini was posing and roaring during the Fascist regime in Italy. He was commander of il Duce’s northern republic at the war’s end. Later he was sentenced to prison by the allies. Now he has returned to public life and here addresses a na tional meeting of the Federation of Republican Veterans in Rome and gives the Fascist salute. He is president of the club. PRINCESS PRESENTS PETITION ... In Washington, D.C., Princess Pearl Ittigiah, daughter of the chief of the Alaskan village of Minto, presents Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman with a sealskin petition signed by 2,560 Alaskans protesting an edict which would cancel non-scheduled airline service to Alaska. The Indian village of Minto de pends on non-scheduled flights to bring in fresh fruits, vegetables and milk for the inhabitants of the village. K P E v MILK DRINKERS WIN PRICE WAR . . . There was a price war going on in the east New York section of Brooklyn, with milk as the bone of contention. For once the customers were getting the better of the deal as sellers tried to undercut each other. Here Abe Vernikoff and a clerk are mobbed by eager milk buyers as they snatch quart containers at 15 cento each. The usual retail price In this city is two such containers at 45 cents. ?- Myster) Man O NE of the most amazing things about "mystery man" Henry Grunewald is the way he has been able to ingratiate himself with those in high places. Henry is able to slip in to see the Vice President, has a letter of thanks from President Truman for a campaign contribution, drops in to see GOP Senator Brewster of Maine who calls him “Henry," and got GOP Senator Bridges of New Hampshire to help him pull wires on a tax fraud case. He has three limousines, a winter house in Miami Beach, a summer house at Spring Lake, N.J., and uses the Washington hotel apartment of former Secre tary of War Harry Woodring. How he manages all these con tacts no one exactly knows, espe cially in view of the fact that he was unwilling to answer any ques tions about himself before the King committee. However, strangest of all con nections was with the former alien property custodian, Leo Crowley— despite Crowley’s denials. Grune wald had such a close friendship with Crowley that he was actually authorized to speak for him at stock holders’ meetings of the big alien corporations in wartime. Crowley now says: “I don’t re member Grunewald." However, at the time he was hired, Crowley’s office put a memo in the files show ing his astonishing trust in “The .Dutchman” by stopping any investi gation of Grunewald’s past. Grunewald’s Past “The office of the custodian has investigated Mr. Grunewald," Crow ley’s office stated on Aug. 25, ’42, “and because of the nature of the work to be performed by this man for the custodian, it is requested that the Civil Service Commission refrain from making any investiga tion of Mr. Grunewald. His record ts entirely satisfactory to the custo dian.” Perhaps what Crowley wanted to cover up was Grtmewald’s record as a government pro hibition agent: This showed he was demoted from $4,000 to $1,- 800 a year on January 12, 1922, and finally was kicked out of the government on October 3, 1922, after being indicted by a New York grand jury in connec tion with the "illegal removal and disposition of liquor." Later, in a job application, Grune wald gave this version of his indict ment: “In October, 1922, while I was a general agent assigned to the New York prohibition office, I was indicted by a federal grand jury in the southern district of New York for conspiracy to violate the fed eral prohibition law. The indictment named a number of individuals, in cluding Mr. Roswell A. Saver and myself. The case against me was dismissed after a verdict was in dicated to the jury by Federal Judge Winslow. . . ." SO Years an Alien Here are some more things which the mystery man might have told the King committee but didn’t: . Grunewald was born May 19, 1892, at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, but neglected to become naturalized as an American citizen until February 3, 1942. This was two months 1 after Pearl Harbor and after he went to work for the alien property custo dian. For years, as an alien, Grune wald worked for various branch es of the government. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1909 to 1914, worked as a desk clerk at the Naval Young Men’s Chris tian Association in Brooklyn, got a job in 1915 as a bookkeeper for Western Electric in New York city. His first job as an investigator came in 1917, when he secured a temporary appointment with the old FBI. In 1919, he served as confi dential investigator for the Repub lican National Committee at $6,000. In 1921 he got a $4,000-a-year job with the Commissioner of Prohibi tion which, ironically, came undeit the Internal Revenue Bureau. It was his relations with ex-Commis- sioner Schoeneman and ex-Counsel Oliphant of Internal Revenue which recently brought Grunewald into the limelight. Grunewald has also developed some interesting contacts in the liquor business, and as late as 1944 he was under investigation by the alcohol tax unit for alleged black marketing in liquor. Grunewald also spent from 1928 to 1942 as a personal, confidential investigator for Henry W. Marsh. Merry-Go-Round Holiday joke going the rounds at the hard-pressed Bureau of Internal Revenue: First Employee—“What are you giving your wife for Christ mas?" Second Employee—“An Oli phant hide bag with shoes to match." . . . The volume of Christ mas mail this year, including parcel post, set another all-time record, 30 per cent greater than last year. .. , P. O. officials estimated it was enough to {fill a string of boxcars from Washington to Chicago. „ m CORNER By DOROTHY BARCLAY SAVE YOURSELF S AVE yourself, lady—that’s the best New Years resolution you can make, and the best economy you can practice. Now that the hustle aixl bustle of the holidays is gone, if not forgotten, settle down and figure out how you can save your self time, energy and work. Budget your time as you budget your money —so much for the home, so much for your family fun, so much for your out side work in church, or 4 club or Red Cross, or even on a paid Job. For may be you’re the one out of every four married women holding down an outside job, in addi tion to your first and most impor tant one of homemaking. Never be fore was labor-and-time-saving so important. Just the energy you expend on your ordinary household tasks amounts to plenty in terms of cost to yourself. A New York state au thority recently/made a test on the basys of the oxygen consumed by women during the following seem ingly simple operations: preparing and cooking of food, storing utensils and supplies, not to mention carry ing them ffom your market; making beds and doing the family laundry. She found that movements using only the arms used less energy than stooping plus arm-action. But she found that even arm-movements, a reach of as little as 10 inches from one level to another, called for more energy, and that the paost was consumed in reaching with the arms to the floor fcr near it. For, as she ported out, it’s not only the arms and that»little piece of linen you’re lifting, but a large portion of your body, too. So, anything that can save th^t energy for other jobs on your Work budget—new gadgets, or the best care and most use out of the gadgets you have, is of untold worth to every busy, budget-minded homemaker. Easier ways of doing a jdb and labor saving devices have become the American tradition. TRIPLE PLAY If you haven’t spent all that Christmas money, here’s a wonder ful investment for you—a combina tion washer you can use for clothes, dishes, and a sink, all in one. Your electrical dealer will be happy to get you one of these efficient time- savers, if he hasn’t it in immediate stock. And you’ll love it! One mechanism and one set of controls operate both the clothes and the dish washer, with a mere change of inner tubs to convert from one to another. And when you have that clothes washer so handy, it’s x chinch to use it often, instead of loading up for that dreaded once-a- week washday that seems never to be done. Wash, rinse, and spin-dry, when you’ve done your dinner dish es, without moving away from your own sink. That’s an energy-saver— and a disposition-saver, too. • There’s a new dryer, too, that your dealer no doubt has right in stock, that comes in handy these days when you can’t use the back yard for your wash-line. It dries every thing from silks and ragpns tq your heavier fabrics, to just the degree you desiru for ironing, for it has time and temperature controls. It’s a wonderful deal for your basement laundry, too, because it has a venti lating system, and an ozone lamp, which gives those clothes the fra grance of mid-summer sun-dried. No more of that moisture seeping from the basement, when you dry your wash this way. And think of the time and temper you save. CLASSIFIED BUSINESS A INVEST. OPPOR. 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Before the day was over 20 trained fire in spectors had visited every business establishment in the town and in formed each of conditions that could be a fire hazard. Fire Chief H. J. Pass said the pro gram was designed to let each mer chant know just what fire hazards there might be on his premises. The inspectors were aided by the local Boy Scout troop. As a part of the program, the school in the community held fire drills and showed fire prevention movies. The day was climaxed with a banquet during which speakers summarized the days events and the lesson learned by the entire com munity. Doctor Served Wisconsin Village for 50 Years HUSTISFORD. Wis.—The people of Hustisford as one group were to march to the home of Dr. Philip A. Panetti recently and sing Christmas carols on his 80th birthday. The day before the event, however. Dr. Panetti, who had been the com munity’s physician for over 50 years, died. 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