Show SCANNING THE TNt WEEKS WEEK'S NEWS of Main Street and the World 1 Korean Peace by Christmas a I I US U.S. Casualties Now Total v Peace in Korea by Christmas is KOREA Peace KOREA the one of Americas America's home towns desire more than an any other gilt t the v Is la no assurance that such a peace will be forthcoming ti does exist a ib The hope that the world will have peace by Christmas I Iby from Korea that the Communists paa al reports by and Allies Allie had t j V agreement on a fire cease line Une across that war war torn tom COIl sea fl country Agreement on the fire cease line however does not Christmas After ratification of the line It becomes thUn n Un kan th the Korea provided the two sides fing r aI zone across agree within 3 30 T remaining armistice issues If It On I It no 30 3 d Wa day Is reached Iy on supervising the truce f prisoners and eschen II recommendations MARCH MARCIl OF DIMES to th the t vr on troop withdrawals the buffer bufter Une weer when a full tuIl armistice finally is signed sIgned e Considering past experiences b in I t with the Communists the da day 30 ta ne would seem very short Their delaying g consumed months thus far and it L is g t U bar will change them e 1 br i THE DEAD DEAD Meanwhile Meanwhile this limits I conflict called a police action by bd d M. M many b Into the fourth costliest war in this nati nations nation's haste The casualty list now totals the TW department reports III The actual battle figure is higher I JANUARY 31 2 latest released ua figures because official ments of this kind are generally two i or threes three M teth behind combat action the total battle losses for In comparison the entire war In west Pacific was Of this total were killed or wound u 1 The DISARMAMENT The most Important question discussed UN U.N. meeting In Paris thus far has been disarmament on a world it et ft scale Both the west and the east have offered their plans General disarmament would give the people In the home towns tom this country and elsewhere In the world a new sense of security outlook however Is gloomy The Russians Insist that prohibition of atomic bombs ought to a m cede any disarmament move followed by a big five disarmament ot COt ference and an immediate third one-third cut tUt of all conventional m forces and weapons J a The western Idea Is for an orderly stage stage by process with a census of existing armaments Including atomic and s forces real inspection and verification of at any arms cuts and I tIma prohibition of atomic weapons The possibility of a compromise between the two views view is url d h As a result the world can expect the genel general al assembly to become mIri In debate and world tension to continue at the present level V THE COLD W WAR WAR WAR-On AR- AR On the Cold War front there was one Im Imports development during the past week President Truman ordered S of all American tariff concessions to the Soviet Union is Poland In addition the President Imposed a a. a complete ban on the fc of luxury furs from the two Communist countries i Some weeks ago Russia halted all shipments of manganese to 10 t U. U S. S and since time the fur that trade has been an important I tra of dollar revenue for the Communist bloc The Presidents President's action does not completely halt imports from froin t Soviet Union and Poland but it does mean the two countries will wUl h ii to pay higher tariff rates Similar action had previously been against Communist regimes in Czechoslovakia Bulgaria Hungat Romania and China EUROPE EUROPE Gen D Dwight wight Eisenhower supreme commander of ot AIL AID i forces In Europe told North Atlantic Treaty nations last week t baby bombs A-bombs and other new weapons eventually may cut military requirements but in the meantime everything possible must mud done to build western defenses The general said he wanted as many divisions as fast as t Ii could be supplied supplied between between 30 and 40 in 1952 and between 60 CO and IP It H 1954 He warned the Atlantic Treaty nations there Is no possibility war comes of any of us our children or our childrens children's children I ing a life of decency again FARM TREND TREND The The latest Bureau of the Census report re 1 s. s there ht 0 b Via AW n n 4 4 f fAurA n Kirt hI hi t P r find End eq equipped pp d- d df f farms be between 1940 and d- d 1950 50 fun In 1950 5 there were 53 1184 farms in the United States compared to In 1940 During the decade however the average size farm unit grew acres to 2105 acres Despite the decrease in m the number of B the total acreage remained approximately the same In 1950 as in I IOther li Other statistics In the report included 1 About fewer sons were working on U. U S. S S farms In 1950 than In 1940 2 Less Lea third one-third as many horses and mules were on farms In 1950 as ea in n 3 In 1950 there were cattle and calves more than I t It months old on farms as as compared to in April 1940 1990 w 4 I number of chickens on farms was or 07 per cent more mina moreIn morein In 1940 GAMBLING GAMBLING- The GAMBLING The new federal tax on gambling may reach hundreds of home towns as a result of a new ruling by Revenue missioner John B B. B Dunlap The commissioner has ruled that m the license fee on gambling applies to thousands of stores which have nave js boards on their premises Each clerk In such establishments as tobacco shops gas car ss a and other retail stores where the owners accept money from a cm cur for a punch board chance must purchase a license he ruled 3 MK w R Rd d I. 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