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Show SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1051 THE JOURNAL Page 2 THE READER'S DATE BOOK SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS of Main Street and the World Christmas Fire Prevention Is Ideal Community Project Korean Peace by Christmas Possible; U.S. Casualties Now Total 100,176 Last week this column suggested there are a number of benefits in promoting a community Santa Claus other than the mere commercial angle. It was also suggested that possibly the goodwill and happiness created by the arrival of Santa was far more important to the home town merchant than his immediate financial return. This week we suggest another local merchant promotion that and at the same time, aid the community; will build good-wil- l, Christmas Fire Prevention. Nothing will ruin the communitys the KORE- A- Peace in Korea by Christmas is the one gift the people of Americas 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 line across that war-tor- n agreement on a cease-fir- e country. e Agreement on the cease-firline, however, does not mean peace by Christmas. After ratification of the line, it becomes the final buffer rone across Korea provided the two sides agree within 30 days on all agreement remaining armistice issues. If no y is reached on supervising the truce, exchange of MARCH OF DIMES 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 y with the Communists, the talking period would seem very short. Their delaying tactics have consumed months thus far and it is unlikely they will change them. 30-da- 30-da- WINS NOBEL AWARD . . . Swedish author Paer Fabian Lagerkvist was awarded the 1951 Nobel prize for literature for his novel a story of the criminal whose place Christ took on the cross. The award was made at the Swedish academy. Bar-abba- s, THE DEAD Meanwhile, this limited Asian conflict, called a police action by many, has turned Into the fourth costliest war In this nations history. The casualty list now totals 100,176, the Defense department reports. The actual battle figure is higher than the JANUARY 2-latest released figures, because official announcements of this kind are generally two or three weeks behind combat action. In comparison, the total battle losses for the entire war in the southwest Pacific was 113,991. Of this total, 84,200 were killed or wounded. 31 DISARMAMENT The most important question discussed at the U.N. meeting in Paris thus far has been disarmament on a world-wid- e scale. Both the west and the east have offered their plane. 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 precede any disarmament move, followed by a big five disarmament cond cut of all conventional armed ference, and an immediate forces and weapons. e The western idea is for an orderly, 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. one-thir- stage-by-stag- ... ' ...V.. JAILBREAKER CAPTURED . . . Raymond Young, one of 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. EUROPE bs be a fire hazard. Candle flames Invite fire. Electric lights are just as attractive and a lot safer although they are by no means From a foolproof. decorative standpoint, a colored spotlight, focused on the tree, is very effective and safest of all. Use only lighting sets that bear of carelessness that UL (Underwriters Laboratories) the would not be tolerlabel. Check lighting sets each year ated at any other before using for frayed wires, loose time. connections, and broken sockets. Its those little Be sure circuits are not overcareless acts that loaded foryour fires may start in walls. seem so unimporIf your fuses are tant at the time of proper rating, that cause these too many lights holiday fire tragedies. A Missouriwill blow them. an lights a match with his thumbIf this happens nail; the burning head flies into a eliminate some Christmas tree and a mother and of the lights and three children die in a fire that dethe A neglected replace stroys their home blown fuse with toy electric train ignites a Christmas tree in a New Jersey hotel a new one of proper size and rating. If any extensive holiday wiring and four people are burned to is indicated call in a competent death In Hartford, Connecticut, the simple replacement of a electrician dont try to do it yourBe sure that any light bulbs frayed cord would have saved 47 self. not too near combustibles. are patients in a convalescent home certain that all lighting is Make from injury and death . . . They were victims of the faulty wire turned off before retiring or leaving d which and touched the house. Christmas decorations arc a off the combustible decorations serious hazard unless you use which surrounded their Christmas non - combustible txee. Flame-proofe- d materials can be These tragedies are all so most local stores. at purchased needless if you will take the are treatments Flameproofing few minutes needed to follow a use available for home although few simple fire safety rules. of plastics is not flameproofing This is a story the home town possible. merchant can tell in his Christmas advertising and a promoHowever, metal glass and asbestos decorations are available and tion that will long be remembered and appreciated. quite as attractive as those of dangerous paper, cotton and pyroxylin. As a fire hazard, consider your Cotton batting, paper and flimsy Christmas tree. Pretty though it is, cloth costumes will ignite quite easias it dries out it becomes more of a ly and burn with prime target for fire every hour. great intensity Therefore, bring in a fresh tree, unless theyre as short a time before Christmas flame proofed. as possible and get it outside as Claus Santa soon afterwards as you can. The have whiskers larger the tree, the greater the led to many hazard so dont get any larger Christmas trageone than you need. dies, so be sure are While the tree is in the house you they flameproof, too. If it can be avoided, dont buy can reduce its flammability by setcelluloid in it water. dolls, toys or Cut off ting the base of the tree at an angle, at least one cowboy suits for your chilinch above the original cut and dren. And toys requiring alcohol, rest it in a well-fille- d tub of water. kerosene or gasoline to generate This method when used with fresh power are especially dangerous trees reduces the flammability as they may upset and set fire to as any fireproofing childrens clothing or to the house effectively itself. chemicals. One of the most important Your tree should be well supportfrom ed, away sources of heat things to remember is not to let Christmas wrappings accu(fireplaces, radiators, television mulate: get them out in your metal covered trash barrel or burn in your incinerator as soon as possible. It will save many tragedies if each home owner plans exactly what he will do if fire breaks out. Have operative fire extinguishers, buckets of water or even your garden hose connected to a faucet, within reach of the tree. But remember unless you can put a fire out immediately, call your fire department at once. During the Christmas season most home town families will have numerous friends and relatives in their homes to .join in the festivities. It is at times like these, amid the confusion of a happy celebration, that ordinary precautions are forgotten. At any other time mother would not sets, etc.) and so placed that, forget to pick up paper wrapping standing or fallen, it cannot block and stray boxes. A dropped cigarette or match in such trash could exits in case of fire. mean a disastrous fire. Your Christmas lighting may 1? Mealed WNU Feature.) by ... THE COLD WA- R- On the Cold War front there was one important development during the past week. President Truman ordered withdrawal of all American tariff concessions to the Soviet Union and Poland. In addition, the President imposed a complete ban on the importation of luxury furs from the two Communist countries. Some weeks ago Russia halted all shipments of manganese to the S. U. and since that time the fur trade has been an important source of dollar revenue for the Communist bloc. The Presidents 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. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe, told North Atlantic Treaty nations last week that and other new weapons eventually may cut Europes baby 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 purchasing power or dampens disastrous spirit of Christmas as fire. Every year, from a few days before Christmas to the week following New Years a plague of fires rages up and down the country, ravishing the homes of hundreds in the small towns. Many of these fires are the result of hazards which exist only during the holiday season; short-circuite- material. ed WARNS WEST . . . Hossein Fat emi, spokesman for Iran's prime minister, warns that his country will noi stand for any political or economic pressure from any He says that economically nation. 1954. as is Iran well off as England. He warned the Atlantic Treaty nations there is no possibility, if war comes, of any of us, our children, or our childrens children, livv y. ing a life of decency again. The latest Bureau of the Census report reveals a decided trend toward fewer but bigger and better been there has 1940 and 1950. In 1950 there were 5,384,000 equipped farms between 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 persons were working on U. S. farms in 1950 than in 1940; (2) Less than d as many horses and mules were on farms in 1950 as in 1920; 1950 there were 59,764,000 cattle and calves more than three (3) In months old on farms as compared to 60,674,736 in April, 1940; (4) The number of chickens on farms was 2,500,000, or 0.7 per cent more than in 1940. FARM TREND one-thir- The new federal tax on gambling may reach into GAMBLING hundreds of home towns as a result of a new ruling by Revenue Com- REVEALS ATROCITIES . . . missioner John B. Dunlap. The commissioner has ruled that the $50 Colonel James Hanley, Seattle, license fee on gambling applies to thousands of stores which have punch Wash., discusses on arrival In boards on their premises. Tokyo from Korea his charges of of allied Each clerk in such establishments as tobacco shops, gas stations wholesale massacre and other retail stores where the owners accept money from a customer prisoners by the Communists. His revelation preceded authority from for a punch board chance must purchase a license, he ruled. U.N. officials on the release. |