The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 23, 1953, Page 5

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N. allies 17,260. j stice date. | wounded, at 1,420,000; ‘and prison- | 4 i fsumed dead.” !of some in New England. finally served. on the front. jteplacement, than the standard jiey and their multibillion-dollar: | ratio to the standard size of the! problems and Benson’s attitude to-| jover the fate of thousands miss-| Based on figures from official ling who may be dead, indicated|and U. N. delegation sources, to-| Friday, October 23, 1953 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN are figured at 1,171,269, of which the Republic of Korea total is 312,836; the United States total 144,173; and the fotal for the 15! In all but a few instances, the figures ran past the July 27 armi-/ By JOHN CHADWICK Pentagon sources in Washington they made in Jul; casualties, estimated Com- pect Congress next year to extend munist killed and rigid price supports for bas:c farm) ers at another 120,000 for a total 3 ii of 1,540,000—scaled down from an|&Tam to additional commodities. estimate last April of 1,876,000. The prediction came from Sena- The United States still has 7,955 tors Mundt (RSD) and Payne listed missing. The Defense De-|(R-Me) after Sen. Young (R-ND)| partment early this month said/issued a tart statement saying} they “must eventually be pre-|President Eisenhower’s decision The department not to stump for GOP candidates! stand drew protests from families in the 1954 congressional cam- Along with almost complete cas-/greatly in the Midwest.” 0 appointment, said the more of men, through rotation and|“administration’s lack of farm pol- size of the unit. From three to glorified Truman giveaway foreign| six times the strength of the unit/program are very unpopular” in} ree mreifesirg oa Middle | West. ‘ey, for example, with a unit) Neither Mundt ror Payne had of 5,000 men, had personnel NUM-| any comment on Young’s blast, bering 29,882 during the yearsithe sharpest yet from a Republi- ‘Turkish troops were on the front./ean lawmaker in the midst of Troop losses generally figured in| growing controversy over farm unit involved, {ward them. oe was the breakdown of UN. Eisenhower, who strongly de- Republic of Korea: dead 415,004, |fended Benson at a news cohfer- . ence two days ago, arranged to s | A A ere prineere of Ane yeas confer with his secretary of agri- paigns “‘wili help the Republicans 4 aalty tolls, delegation sources have|- Young, who opposed confirma- i revealed that the U.N. allies ac-/tion of Secretary of Agriculture | tually put onto the front thousands’ Benson’s |prisoners still claimed to be in enemy hands 1,988. Total 1,312,836. United States: dead 25,604, 1 3 > | Belgium-Luxembourg: dead 97, wounded 105,961, missing and pre- sumed dead 7,955 (as of Oct. 9), captured and returned 4,631 (ad- | justment of Aug. 19 figures), pris- oners now in repatriation com- pound 22. Total 144,173, Britain: dead 710, wounded 2,278, | missing 1,263, captured 766. Total 5,017. Canada: dead 291, wounded 1,. 072, missing 21, captured 12. Total 1,396, | Turkey: dead 717, wounded 2,- 246, missing 167, captured 219. To- tal 3,349. | Australia: dead 291, wounded |1,249, missing 39, captured 21. To- jtal 1,591. France: dead 288, wounded 818, missing 18, captured 11, ‘otal 1,135. Greece: dead 169, wounded 543, issi captured 1. Total 715. dead 14, wounded 794, missing 5, Total 913. : dead 140, wounded 4 missing 65, captured 29. Total wounded 350, missing 5, captured 1, Total 453. jeulture at the White House today. jAlso to take part in the luncheon} jconference were Dcr Paarlberg, an assistant to Benson, and some jof Eisenhower's aides. \have said they will have definite |recommendations on farm policy jto subrhit to Congress when it re- |turns in January. Mundt, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said in an jinterview he was confident Con- gress would not approve any change in the law that would weaken present price supports or reduce the income of the farmer, “It’s my belief that Congress will approve an extension of the present price support program and perhaps include - other »storable [238 missing 57, captured 40. Total Netherlands: dead 111, wounded 589, missing 4. Total 704. New Zealand: dead 34, wounded 80,; capture 1. Total 115, South Africa: dead 20, missing 16, captured 6. Total 42, The Pentagon estimates put the Chinese Communist dead and wounded at 900,000, the North Ko- rean figure at 520,000. Chinese) Communist prisoners were count- ed at 20,000, North Koreans at Philippines: dead 92, wounded ‘You'll get @ better trade-in! You get more truck for your more dollars for your when you trade. Chevrolet trucks traditionally command a higher resale value. 100,000, sea / ‘MODEL COMPARISONS SHOW Chevrolet Advance-Design trucks outsell the next two makes combined! More Chevrolet trucks in use than any other makel Both the President and Benson|! crops not now on the mandatory | WASHINGTON #—Two nepub-ltmppert list,” he said, “unless ie Agriculture Department comes ‘up with a pian that would give farmers a better income.” Similarly, Payne said he does crops and perhaps extend pro-|not expect cutbacks in the present program requiring that prices of ‘six basie crops—wheat, tobacco, to the cost of the things they have : | Payne said he knew the possibil- Sen. Stennis (D-Miss) also said he believes Congress will extend | the present farm support law, now due to expire at the end of 1954. “You can’t just cut agriculture b> ec peuanie amare soa said. Sen. Kerr (D-Okla), who has been one of Secretary Benson’s most persistent critics, said in a} speech at Paducah, Ky., last night ‘the administration should get a| new agriculture secretary. If it) doesn’t, he added, “the people should, have—and will get—a new administration.” Several senators of both parties applauded Eisenhower’s statement ithe reasons given by Young. Chairman Leonard W. Hall of ithe GOP National Committee, af- ter a talk with the President at the White House, said Eisenhower's news conference comment may have been too literally interpreted by some. Hall said he expects Eisenhower to take some part in next year’s| campaign for control of Congress. “I think his role as president will be to tell the country what his administration has 4 Losses Cause Grave Concern By HENRY SUPPLE BOSTON W#—The nation’s fire] losses during 1952 crept toward the | billion-dollar mark and increased | for the fourth successive year, the National Fire Protection Assn. es- timated recently.. And the outlook for 1953 is even worse. Preliminary estimates by | the National Board of Fire Under. | writers for the first eight months | of this year indicate an increase of about 17.9 per cent over the same period of 1952. The NFPA in its quarterly re- ort estimates there were 2,014,600 tires of all types in the United caused a loss of $942,650,000. It] Says further: “It is interesting to note that the number of building fires for 1952 | has increased 12.5 .per cent over 1951 figures, while the loss for 1952 | is 7.3 per cent more than the ae vious year.” | Here are some notable changes estimated for 1952 compared with) 1951: An 18 per cent increase in. the| number of dwelling fires, a 20 per| cent boost in the number of school | and college blazes, a 15 per cent | jump in forest fires, and a 20 per | cent upswing in building fires caused by smoking and matches and by lightning. — | The NFPA estimates building fires in 1952 totaled 703,000 and caused 793% millioa dollars dam- age. An additional 1,311,600 fires accounted for an estimated $149,-| 150,000 loss, These include aircraft, | |motor vehicles, forest, ships, rub-| bish and grass fires. j Children and matches caused 22,500 fires and $8,200,000 damage. Smoking and matches caused 116,- 000 fires with a loss of 61 million wight ched ff 39,000 fires | ightning tou f with the loss of $33,200,000, while | $2,870,000 damage resulted from} to thaw out frozen pipes. a cua Se ary of suspit cat damage of 18 mi % use of flammable liquids, including started Bay no truck until you get our deal! Let us show you how easy it is to start saving money with a new Chevrolet truck that’s just right for your job. MULBERG CHEVROLET CO. Corner Caroline St. & Telegraph Lane a DIAL 26743) Page Sluican party because he must have|and D, it will create many diffi-|ported him in a — id jout programs. 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