anaheim-gazette 1951-12-24

12 Anaheim Gazette MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1951 ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA Many television sets now have "printed circuits" in which wires and other devices are pressed into an insulating material. A Merry Christmas SMITH-REAFSNYDER FURNITURE CO. 151 N. Los Angeles St. Anaheim ISHING you the joys of older days, combined with the pleas- FURNITURE CO. 151 N. Los Angeles St. Anaheim WISHING you the joys of older days, combined with the pleasures of new, to make this a gay and bright Holiday, brimmed full of happiness for each of you. MERRY CHRISTMAS LAKE'S MENS WEAR 225 W. Center St. Anaheim A Most Joyful NOFI NOEL and Our Best Wishes It has been our good fortune to have the opportunity of serving the finest people we know of anywhere and the arrival of the Christmas season brings renewed appreciation of the value of these fine relationships. Maynard and Elsie Glenn GLENN'S CAFE 122 E. CENTER ST. — ANAUGUST — PHONE 5190 We Will Be Closed for Vacation After Dec. 22 to Jan. 2 HOST TOWN GETS TRAIN—Shown above is the narrow-gauge train purchased by Walter Knott and installed in famous Ghost Town in Buena Park. Baldwin Locomotive works built the engine in 1880 and it served many years hauling ore from the San Juan mining district in Colorado. The train is completely overhauled and in perfect running order. "Golden Spike" celebration to mark the beginning of the train's run at Knott's Berry Farm will be held at 2 p.m., Jan. 12. Notice of the dedication came on stationery of the Ghost Town and Calico Railway, Ghost Town, Buena Park. Consumers Expected to Buy More Retail Goods in 1952 By WALTER BREEDE, Jr. ture, television sets and other dur department store. Expert Makes Prediction Said Boston merchant George Hansen, president of the National Retail Dry Goods association: “Retailing can look forward to increasing sales during the first Consumers Expected to Buy More Retail Goods in 1952 By WALTER BREEDE, Jr. NEW YORK (P) — Looking toward 1952, the nation's shopkeepers large and small, hope to get bigger chunk of the consumer's spending dollar. They were confronted during that of 1951 with a strange andiling paradox: banks bulged personal savings while the whole who owned all that wealth ended bent on limiting their purities to bare essentials. Economists pondered the problem. Savings and employment were new post-war highs. So what did the consumers from buying? Here were several explanations. The obvious one, of course, was splurge of scare buying set motion by the Korean war. Theied rush to buy was fanned government talk of shortages failed to develop. The bigger of the two post-Korean buying binges reached its peak last January and January. Retail sales in Januaryocketed to $13½ billion, a d high for any one month. Re-scrambled for home merise while factories turned out ing machines, autos, furni- ture, television sets and other durable goods at a record clip. Then came the big let-down. Warehouses were filled to bursting with unsold goods. By the end of May retailers had more than $20 billion of needed capital and credit tied up in inventories. What About the Future? The turning point retailers were waiting for gave the first subtle indications of its presence around October and November. Swollen inventories began to level off. Sales picked up slightly, and got a big boost later from the Christmas holiday rush. Economists began to revise their estimates; some predicted 1951 would see an increase in dollar sales. One authoritative guess was for a year-end total of $150 billion in sales compared to 1950's $143 billion. The outlook for 1952 appeared even brighter in the economists' crystal ball. Some predicted an increase of 3 to 5 per cent, dollarwise, and at least a duplication of 1951's unit volume. Biggest increases would come in soft goods, textiles and apparel, the experts said, while hard goods might be in somewhat tighter supply and priced a little higher. Some complained that price controls would unfairly limit profits. Hope was expressed that more money in defense workers' pay envelopes would mean more money in the cash registers of the local department store. Expert Makes Prediction Said Boston merchant George Hansen, president of the National Retail Dry Goods association: "Retailing can look forward to increasing sales during the first six months of 1952. The basis for this conclusion lies in a number of contributing elements, not the least of which is the fact that total employment in our nation is at a high level and still rapidly expanding." The big question mark for retailing at year's end was still Korea. Would cessation of hostilities bring a let-down in defense production? The experts said it wouldn't. A. W. Zelomek, president of the International Statistical Bureau and prominent retail analyst, declared: If You Drive! Don't Drink WISHING YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS Lavisham OWSTONS shadows CARPETING ASPHALT TILE VENETIAN BLINDS 718 N. Los Angeles St. Anaheim Phone Anaheim 3335 275 E. CENTER ST., ANAHEIM Churchill to Drop East-West Meet Proposal, Report By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON (RP)—A major source of disagreement between President Truman and British Prime Minister Churchill was reported today to be fading away in advance of Churchill's arrival here next month. The issue is Churchill's frequently repeated proposal for a big Four meeting including Mr. Truman and Generalissimo Stalin to try to reach some understanding with Soviet Russia. Word circulating among officials involved in preparations for the Washington talks is that Churchill almost certainly will not press his proposal now and may not bring it up at all. Officials in position to know alld that presumably two considerations figured in Churchill's reported decision to let the whole matter of a meeting with Stalin slide for the time being: 1. Mr. Truman is dead set against taking part in any such session, believing that the time is not ripe and the West not yet strong enough to make it fruitful for peace. Churchill's diplomats in this country undoubtedly informed him of the president's views both as publicly reported and as privately confirmed by Mr. Truman's own advisers. 2. In view of Russia's behavior on disarmament and other issues in the United Nations meeting in Paris, as well as Russia's continued general conduct in world affairs, it is difficult to figure out what issues might be taken up between the chiefs of state of East and West with some hope of strong desire and good will on both sides for agreement. You'll Find Gifts for Every Member of the Family at McCOY'S Enjoy Shopping from Open Displays. Shop Leisurely and Economically. Here Are a Few Xmas Suggestions: FOR HIM TOILETRIES • Courtley • Yardley • His • King's Men • Old Spice • Sportsman • Seaforth LARGEST PIPE SELECTION IN TOWN CIGARETTE LIGHTERS • WALLETS POCKET KNIVES • FOUNTAIN PENS TOBACCO POUCHES GIFTS FOR HER TOILETRIES RICHARD HUDNUT • HARRIET HUBBARD-AYER ELMO • OLD SPICE • EVENING IN PARIS REVLON • PEGGY SAGE • MAX FACTOR COTY • CHEN YU • YARDLEY LARGEST PIPE SELECTION IN TOWN CIGARETTE LIGHTERS • WALLETS POCKET KNIVES • FOUNTAIN PENS TOBACCO POUCHES GIFTS FOR HER TOILETRIES RICHARD HUDNUT • HARRIET HUBBARD AYER ELMO • OLD SPICE • EVENING IN PARIS REVLON • PEGGY SAGE • MAX FACTOR COTY • CHEN YU • YARDLEY Compacts • Wallets • Costume Jewelry Cigarette Lighters CHILDREN'S TOYS A Large and Varied Selection Open Xmas Day Until 1 p.m. We Wish Everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS McCoy's Cut Rate Drugs 100 W. CENTER ST. ANAHEIM HOLIDAY Greetings TO THE PEOPLE OF ANAHEIM At this wonderful Holiday season when people find their greatest contentment in making others happy, TO THE PEOPLE OF ANAHEIM At this wonderful Holiday season when people find their greatest contentment in making others happy, we hope that the vestiges of this happy spirit remain with us always. We wish we could send a special Holiday Greeting to each friend we have made in Anaheim. Instead, we take this means of wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. STEELE TROLEUM CO. ANAHEIM PHONE 7007