| Show SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS 0 Main Street and the World Beef Price Increases Marshall Retires to Private Life BEEF PRICES Harassed small town who have been fighting a losing battle with the food budget since the beginning of the Korean heard the news of a wholesale beef price increase with OPS authorized the increase of IM to 2 cents a pound at the wholesale It will mean the home town housewife will pay more for chucks and In OPS announced retail price increases on and bacon by 1 to 2 on pork chops and roasts were recently subject to an Junior Champ A 1 city reared lad won neatly and carried top honors in competition with 55 farm youngsters in the annual Chicago Junior Hog Here he Carl of who never lived on a farm until 5 months unique place in American public life during the past especially in the minds of people in the home towns of the Marshall inspired confidence in the American people as has no other military man in recent After a long and honorable military Mar-rhall rose to new heights as United States chief of staff in World War At the end of the war he but was called back by President Truman to head a mission to China in an effort to end the civil war After that fruitless mis- OPS said the new increases will restore fair profit margins to Several had closed in recent weeks because they reported losing money under existing OPS price It was estimated the new ceilings represent an average increase of a cent a pound on beef sold by the Another order issued by OPS increased the price on utility grade of live cattle from to per hundred This grade is used canners for the army and some other but represents less than 10 per cent of all beef sold at FULL SCALE WAR Military observers believe there Is if chance of Korean truce talks For the most part they predict increased activity in the with latest reports confirming this Flame tanks and artillery were used by the Allies last week in chopping out limited gains in eastern while in other U.N. troops beat back large Red James A. Van eighth army Is reported to have said the Reds at present do not have much of an offensive capability left on the eastern He reports Red casualties are running at 20 to 1 in comparison with the the word war between the Communist and United Nations commands Matthew B. Ridgway warned the enemy a that the admission that an American plane accidentally machine-gunned the area recently is indication the U.N. command will accept any trumped up Communist no matter how loudly they He referred to Communist charges of previous attacks which the Allies have A-WEAPONS TRAINING Some soldiers from the home towns of the nation will get a close look soon at what an atomic explosion can do as they undergo training in the tactical use of atomic The training will be carried out in the Frenchman's Flat proving grounds near Las Vegas where the atomic energy commission set off several atomic explosions some weeks The maneuvers will be the first time army ground forces have received actual field training with the new atomic weapons recently developed by the The weapons are believed to include guided missiles with atomic warheads and atomic artillery PAY RAISE A pay raise of 10 per cent was approved by the senate last week for approximately federal The house must act on the bill and President Truman must sign before the money would be The measure would increase federal employee wages on the average of a at an annual cost to the government of about It would grant raises to almost all federal workers except those in the post office Postal workers previously were voted increases from to in a senate bilL NO RUSH BUYING Merchants in 11 sections of the irom the home towns to the big have noticed recently there is no buying rush as there was only a few months Economists have come up with several reasons why rush buying has but the two main ones seem to be the increased cost of items and the consumer now is buying what he not because he fears future During part of 1950 and early 1951 the American consumer went on a buying spree because of predicted Many of the items pur- chased were on the installment plan and now the consumer Is paying f for The old fear of shortages no longer worries the consumer be cause he believes goods will be And because of higher prices many consumers are saving for that to pay off and to buy things when prices are TAFT PROSPECTS Sen- Robert Taft frankly admitted on his recent speaking tour through North Dakota and South Dakota was a prospecting trip which will have great bearing upon whether or not he will seek the 1952 Republican nomination for lot of people say they want me to but I want to be sure of the amount of support I am going to have before I make any final the Ohioan THE GENERAL acceptance by President Truman of George C. Marshall's resignation as secretary of defense retires to private life a man who has held a Quits Defense Post retired as defense confers with President Truman and Robert A. the new sion he was named secretary of during which the government launched the foreign-aid program that became known as the Marshall He resigned that post in A year ago Truman called him from retirement to take the post of secretary of Senator Johnson of Texas very well summed up the opinion of the average American's regard for after the trivial carping of his detractors has been memory of George Marshall's services will stand as an inspiring monument to future defenders of freedom in the Because of his freedom has survived and will continue to |
