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Show N SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS s ojJAain Street and the World Korean Peace by Chrisimas Possible; ULS. Casualties Now Total 100,176 f , assurance that such a peace will be forthcoming, the poLibility does ist- ' y ; hope that the world will have peace by Christmas was bolstered . rep0rts from Korea that the Communists and Allies had reached , eement on a cease-fire line across that war-torn country Cned Agreement on the cease-fire line, however, does not mean peace by Ctristmas. After ratification of the line, it becomes the final buffer Jone across Korea provided the two sides agree within 30 days on all imv,ngHarmiStiCe iSSUeS' If no 30"day agreement r is reached on supervising the truce, exchange of I , MARCH OF DIMES Poner "commendation, to the governments I J, on troop withdrawals, the buffer line will be revised j when a full armistice finally is signed 1 f- ' i Hv,CTldoing Past exPe"ences in negotiations i- iL. i Wlthe Communists, the 30-day talking period rt'fei! k t ' S6em Very short- Their delaying tactics have "5 LsJifcW consumed months thus far and it is unlikely thev BVwrK wiu change them- pl' THE DEAD Meanwhile, this limited Asian conflict, called a police action by many, has turned ; 3 lnto the fourth costliest war in this nation's history S I ; The casualty list now totals 100,176, the Defense v Vr department reports. iiVmdv" 9 1116 3CtUal battle figure ls her than the N JANUAKI Z"0 latest released figures, because official announcements announce-ments of this kind are generally two or three weeks 1 behind combat action. Iln comparison, the total battle losses for the entire war in the southwest south-west Pacific was 113,991. Of this total, 84,200 were killed or wounded. DISARMAMENT The most important question discussed at the ... rj.N. meeting in Paris thus far has been disarmament on a world-wide i". 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 s outlook, however, is gloomy. : The Russians insist that prohibition of atomic bombs ought to pre-j, pre-j, ede any disarmament move, followed by a big five disarmament con-o. con-o. ierence, and an immediate one-third cut of all conventional armed , iorces and weapons. to The western idea is for an orderly, stage-by-stage process, starting jith a census of existing armaments, including atomic and armed n- forces; real inspection and verification of any arms cuts; and ultimate vs prohibition of atomic weapons. ! t The possibility of a compromise between the two views is unlikely. i: jtsa result, the world can expect the general assembly to become mired ft in debate and world tension to continue at the present level. THE COLD WAR On the Cold War front there was one Important :! divelopment during the past week. President Truman ordered with-tu. with-tu. irawal of all American tariff concessions to the Soviet Union and 5; Poland. In addition, the President imposed a complete ban on the 1m-r.; 1m-r.; 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 J dollar 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 t: to pay higher tariff rates. Similar action had previously been taken against Communist regimes in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary, p Bomania and China. EUROPE Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, supreme commander of Allied 81 forces in Europe, told North Atlantic Treaty nations last week that :x "baby" A-bombs and other new weapons eventually may cut Europe's L 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 (wild 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 i- war comes, of any of us, our children, or our children's children, liv-sj. liv-sj. ing a life of decency again." iz FARM TREND The latest Bureau of the Census report reveals t there has been a decided trend toward fewer but' bigger and better J: quipped farms between 1940 and 1950. In 1950 there were 5,384,000 farms in the United States compared to 6,097,000 in 1940. nil During the decade, however, the average size farm unit grew from 1"4 acres to 210.5 acres. Despite the decrease in the number of farms !: tie total acreage remained approximately the same in 1950 as in 1945. Other statistics in the report included: (1) About 870,000 fewer per-s per-s sons were working on U. S. farms in 1950 than in 1940; (2) Less than S" one-third as many horses and mules were on farms in 1950 as in 1920; s: HI In 1950 there were 59,764,000 cattle and calves more than three conths old on farms as compared to 60,674,736 in April, 1940; (4) The amber of chickens on farms was 2,500,000, or 0.7 per cent more than ff. in 1940. '2'' iii GAMBLING The new federal tax on gambling may reach into lir hundreds of home towns as a result of a new ruling by Revenue Com-rj Com-rj oissioner John B. Dunlap. The commissioner has ruled that the $50 rf tase fee on gambling applies to thousands of stores which have punch t: bards on their premises. f Each clerk in such establishments as tobacco shops, gas stations i" ad other retail stores where the owners accept money from" a customer 3 - 'or a punch board chance must purchase a license, he ruled. |