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Show Pape V r.ij THE READER'S DATE BOOK- - S.' lIM8i (V i iWrTpTK'nRIT? Chemistry Has Changed Life In the Small T owns of America ) O Reports from midwest's great farm belt indicate farm implement market has hit a slump in last 60 days that is causing Main Street retailers considerable worry. Slump. IT'S PATTERN EQUIPMENT It is more Chemists and chemical engineers are transforming the life of small towns and rural areas as completely as they are remolding metropolitan city life, Dr. N. Howell Furman, president of the American Chemical Society, reported recently. Chemical scientists and technologists serve modern man every moment of his life, wherever he may go, Dr. Furman asserted, outlining the theme of the societys diamond jubilee meeting which will be held in New York September 7, and by local In all of the than seasonal sales DEVELOPS AFTER BIGGEST FARM SPREE IN NATION'S FARM HISTORY. SOLD NEARLY $2 BILLION WORTH OF BUYING MANUFACTURERS FARM MACHINERY YEARLY FOR PAST THREE YEARS. O Total farmer investment in tools and machines Jumped from, 3-- sections country parts during National Chemistry Week J6 billion in 1946 to over $14 billion at start of 1951. Farmers own 4,000,000 tractors today, more than double num- September total of 10 o a handful orchemists Ameriganized the A niNTS NEW BLOCKADE can Chemical Socithreat thatWest Berlin may be cut ety in 1876, chemioff from the coal, fuel and other cal activity was goods it receives from east Gerconfined to a few many was made by Josef Orlopp, centers, principaleast Germanys trade ly ' in the larger cities. Although trade agree- - i they met in a small room they t. approve an east-we- st When ... years back. Main Street's retail merchants Slve several reason for slump pattern: Bank3 tightening up on, credit , prices too high, and some areas I XT.. EXPENDITURES Today the American Chemical Society with 65,000 members is the largest organization of professional scientists in the world. Its 137 sections include membership in every state in the union. Chemicals have not only become the nations first industry, Dr. Furman noted, but the tendency of in- on home restrictipns building began to hurt the industry during July, resulting in 30 per cent reduction in home building from same month. of last year. Total value of new construction work in July, however, rose about 3 per cent from June. There was continued decline ill construction of social and recreational facilities, restaurants WHEAT SUPPORT PRICE 0 Of and garages. interest to grain elevators and dealers in.. wheat: department of, agriculture has announced the wheat support price at a national average of $2.18 per bushel for the 1951 crop. Last year's average was $1.99 per bushel. frhe 1951 snppt. price is 90 per cent of parity at the beginning of the marketing year July 1. July 1 parity is $2.42 per bushel. For the last year, parity bushel. O Homebuilding construction for private rpqi' dences in June was 23 per cent under June 1950, although all expenditures in new construction totaled $2,700,000, an increase of 6 per cent over was $2.21 per same date Seasonal expansion in highway construction accounted for a large part of the $50,000,000 inMay. crease in public construction. O Outlook for August is for bargain sales on the part of retail merchants with some sizeable price cutting. Reason is laggard consumer buying and continued high inventories. Concensus in Washington is that if a cease fire order is effected in Korea, further decline in farm prices te pay result. opinion is that taxes will be raised despite what may happen in Korea, and part may apply to thi3 year's income. Last-minu- Prepared by the Washington Bareaa of WNU Features. dustrial establishments to locate plants near sources of raw materi- als has led to widespread diffusion of chemical manufacturing and processing. Many new. towns and cities formerly rural or even unin-- 1 habited areas owe their existence and growth to the expanded activities of chemists and chemical engineers in serving modern civilization. The profound changes these scientists and engineers have brought about in our daily lives are by no means confined to MUGGING RED . . . This jeep driver for the Reds spends his communities with chemical Inspare time in Kaesong mugging for dustries, Dr. Furman observed. The air we breathe, the water U.N. cameramen. He has grown we drink, the clothing we wear, in his rollinS especia11. adept the health we enjoy, the cars we drive, the houses we live in and the wide range of objects we nse throughout the day all reflect this transformation. Chlorination of drinking water, for example, is a feature of modern life in the smallest towns as well as the largest cities. Fluoridation of water to prevent tooth decay, especially in growing children, has recently met with medical approval test and promfollowing a five-yea- r ises to take its place with chlorination as a public health practice in our cities. Large cities like Rochester, N.Y., are now fluoridating their water supplies, but Dr. Furman found it significant that the tests were first made in two smaller New York cHies, Newburgh and Kingston. Records of tooth decay among children in these adjoining communities during the test period clearly established that the incidence of dental caries, or tooth decay, was less in Newburgh where the water FLUSTERED . . . Duncan Mao upply was fluoridated than in the control community, Donald, 18, prep school star, there wier was no fluoridation, gets and clasps and unclasps his hands at press conference in Flint, Maysville, a small Kentucky city, Mich., as he refuses to answer was the first in that state to treat questions on charges on an easy its drinking water with fluorides. Dentists at Maysville were appointment to West Point. chiefly responsible for promoting fluoridation of water. Larger Kentucky cities followed suit. Life in West Branch, Iowa, three-quarteof a century ago is compared with small town life today by former president .Herbert Hoover in his memoirs. The then churned their own townspeople butter and : made feir own dyes. Many of the necessities of life which people then provided for themselves are now supplied by industries founded on I the. research and technology of : t ' chemists and chemical 1 I J msmMmmrn IQUESTIONlBdxi (Send your questions about the ever, if you apply within one year armed forces or any aspect of mili- from the date of discharge, and tary service to: Walter Shead, Armed VA approves your claim, payments Services Question Bo.. 1057 National will be made to your retroactive Press Building, Washington 4, D. C. discharge date. If you wait more Answers will be given in this col- than one year, the effective date on umn.) which payments may begin will be the date of application. I am a veteran of World Q. Q. I expect to complete Public War 1. I was overseas with the Law 16 vocational 32nd division and was later g sometime next year. I undertransferred ta the 82nd. I came stand that I will have one year's out of the service in May 1919, Gl bill entitlement coming to having received an honorable me after that. May I use that 1 discharge which have since lost. Is there any way that I can get year for additional training under the Gl Bill, even though the J. B., duplicate? Clarksville, cut-odate for training bos Mich. Passed? S. E. W.t Rich wood, Go. A. You may obtain a duplicate or A, Yes, provided you. lome other Indication of your honapply, for orable discharge by writing to the the Gl bill training sometime before Adjutant General of the Army, you complete your Public Law 16 Washington 25, D.C., and explaining training. the circumstances to them. Q. What kind of priority does Q. I have just been discharged an emergency case, not d, from service, and I plan to file an get in obtaining adapplication with V A for disabilmission to a VA hospital? H. C. B., Forbes, Mo. ity compensation. Is there any time limit for filing? E. G., TifA. Emergency cases are given top fany, Colo. of service-connectiopriority, regardless A. No, there is no time limit for Sling compensation claims How (Beleased by WNU features.) trainin ff service-connecte- n. f stituted a substantial part of the nations chemists at that time. OFF O Credit r con-men- oversold. HOME 2-- 9. of ber a decade ago ; 400,000 mechanical corn pickers, compared with 120,000 ten years ago; and 700,000 grain combines, triple JULY Wednesday, August 2d, 1951 The Dragerton Tribune!, Dragerton. Utah 2 fid-rI1so- ft n, I rs ,C - j engineers. wide range of products of chemical research and engineering has special importance for the home town dweller and the Main Street businessman. Enjoying more living space than the city dweller, with A CANDIDATE SHOOTS SELF Senator Ecuardo Chibas, leader of Cubas orthodox party and candidate for president, Is reported to have shot and critically wounded himself after making a regular Sunday night political broadcast. V-- " jdT ft , " Dr. N. Ilowell Furman room for a garden and driveway and with his own root overhead, he Is the particular beneficiary of such products as plant foods, pesticides and roofing materials, to name only a few. The need for education in science and technology to keep abreast of the expansion of the chemical in-- , dustry and profession was stressed by Dr. Furman, who is head of the at Princeton chemistry department v University. Many members of the profession receive their first scientific training in the high schools of our smaller communities, he pointed out. The American Chemical Society Is interested in aiding high school teachers to interest young boys and girls in the profession. Many local sections of the society make a prac- tice of inviting high school students and teachers of chemistry to attend section meetings. In addition to reviewing the progress made by chemists and chemical engineers during the past 75 years, Dr. Furman declared, the diamond jubilee observances will focus attention on the prospects for even greater progress in the future. Since smaller communities will not only benefit from new chemical developments, but will play a substantial part In bringing them about, the American Chemical Society through its local sections will parallel the program of National Chemical Week observances in New York with observances in communities and schools throughout the country. The week of September 9 is the opportune time for the people of Americas home towns to learn the fabulous story of chemistry and the vital effect it has had on the ordinary man in his everyday living. Here again is an opportunity for the local merchant, by exhibits and advertising, to tell the local community a worthwhile story, the story of Chemistry Key to Better Living. 2-- Watch Inspection Time Is September 6 to 15 Too often the owner of a fine watch Is apt to take his timepiece for granted and forget to bring It to his good friend, the local jeweler, for a necessary periodical check-u- p and oiling. The jewelers of America will be reminding the public of this fact during national Watch Inspection Time, September 6 to 15, and It wonld be well for the possessor of a quality watch to visit the service department of his community jeweler for the needed timepiece check-up. (Release by WNU Featires.) |