Show TRENDS fl president roosevelt Hoo sevelt Is report ed interested in a plan for pooling state reserves roser vea of tho the unemployment insurance system some states are building reserves far aboyo above needs while others have inadequate funds I 1 C surveying the municipal bond market for the tha past 12 2 months barcus kindred co chicago Ithica go found an increase of in tho the volume of state and municipal financing last year compared with the year before the 1040 total was corn com pared with the year before the rising trend was most pronounced in tho the closing months of the year C farm groups are suggesting that the united states demand of great britain a statement of its coming food needs and that the administration propose a good quota of these bo filled by american orders in proportion to the amount of defense materials allowed I 1 IN THE ARMY yard birds slang changes in the tha army as well as in civil life many veterans of the world war getting back into anto camp today would hardly know what some of the men were talking tall ding about for instance in 1917 a now new recruit was a rookie today he la is a yard I 1 bird the army Is anticipating many new yard birds some of them bear names widely known in civil life others drew attention due to the methods of their arrival in the first class was daniel it II topping millionaire owner of the brooklyn dodgers and husband of skater ater actress sonja henle he has a low draft number and was classified for immediate duty although married said topping my IMy wife Is scarcely dependent upon my income in somewhat the same situation was yehudit world famous violinist also married A california board ruled his wife the former form er nola nicholas ot of austria has an independent income and in had acquired wealth through his musical genius which would provide tor for her ile he asked for no exemption and received none but he was given a 00 day leave in order to complete a planned south american tour arthur victory christman 22 was a yard bird ile he was born at 11 a m november 11 1918 in new york A draft board in new jersey sent him to camp wendell grove 20 26 a baritone horn player read that the third infantry band at fort snelling needed his type of musician he ha tried to enlist and was turned down because lie he is married the next day he appeared at the recruiting office with a note which read 1 1 I I heroy hereby certify that I 1 have no objection to my husband entering the army for a year signed mrs wendell grove 00 iles hes a yard bird now frank B thompson 45 president of the glenmore distilleries got a leave of absence and Z I 1 1 P 1 I 1 M 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 N sf a 11 4 1 1 Z I 1 1 1 I 1 4 1 p 1 I 0 o I 1 1 I 71 I 1 tv I 1 i av 1 71 I 1 11 M 1 f I 1 SK I 1 I 1 n io I 1 I 1 I 1 i 0 I 1 1 1 A I 1 I 1 1 isi I 1 I 1 1 I 1 k 7 I 1 I 1 Z 7 6 WINTHROP rockefeller son of john D Roche rockefeller feller jr oil tycoon is pictured here as he was induct inducted ea into the army by a sel selective I 1 five service board in new york city lies iles a 4 yard bird now joined the kentucky national guard as a private although he served in the world war as a lieutenant the foU following owing day he was taken out of the ranks and made captain of the company in which he ha enlisted leopold conductor of the philadelphia orchestra and movie producer is a special kind of yard bird he will devote three days a week to directing the third coast artillery band at san pedro calif miscellany L how the army has browni now there are more civilians employed by the army than there were soldiers in the entire military establishment lish ment a year ago the war department part ment announced trat use of cl civilians in nonmilitary non military work vork Is a definite policy and that are now so employed ail C declaration that a radio at station a tion cannot be an advocate but must represent all sides of public information without bias was made by the federal communications commission MI assion the commission commissio n rebuked re station of boston for deviating from this policy but renewed its license because it said the owner hud pledged not to color or editorialize tori alize news in the i iture fl L in the midst of the inaugural excitement a daughter was born to mr and mrs thomas corcoran once high on the start staff of new deal advisors I 1 |