Show I NEWS REVIEW 5 1 Farm Land Prices Soar I Pol Portal tal Claims Outlawed PORTALS CLOSED Back Claims Denied Almost six billion dollars In hi back claims for to portal-to-portal pay was eras erased cd from the books when President President President dent Truman put his signature on congressional legislation designed to relieve employers as well as the government from such claims now claims now I and in hi the future Although he opposed the wishes of organized labor and overrode an appeal for a veto by Secretary of Labor the President emphasized that he was certain that it was not the intent of congress to nullify past gains made by labor I Explaining his reasons for signIng signing signing sign sign- ing the bill he said Businessmen will be able to plan with assurance for full production and price lions This will be of real value to labor and management in a continued continued continued con con- high level of employment At the same time he repeated his plea to business for lower prices and requested congress to take Immediate immediate immediate im Im- im- im mediate steps to increase the statutory statutory statu statu- statutory tory minimum wage from 40 to at least 65 cents an hour TOO MUCH l SMOKE Sl Cant Can't See Stars The nations nation's capital city is getting just too smoky dusty and crowded for tor the U. U S. S naval observatory which is getting ready to move to a amore amore amore more sylvan neighborhood Because big cities radiate heat which is bad for delicate astronomical cal Instruments the new location for the world famous observatory must be no nearer than 25 miles to any metropolitan area Officials estimate that it will take about eight years to find a site put up the necessary buildings and install equipment I In addition to providing the nation nation na na- na- na tion with the worlds world's most accurate time checks the observatory warns the radio Industry of sun spot activity activity ity puts out almanacs supplies data on tides phases of the moon and sunsets and sunrises and figures figures fig fig- figures ures out calendars FLU STOPPER New Mold Tested A possible cure for influenza may be forthcoming from a newly discovered discovered discovered dis dis- covered green and black soil mold according to an announcement by the Society of American So far tar although there are preventive preventive preventive pre pre- vaccines for flu no specific cure has been developed Not yet tested on humans the mold Is said to have shown show a curative effect on chicken embryos embros and mice with in In- In There Is one hitch however The mold-bearing mold earth according to the two scientists who made the discovery discovery discovery dis dis- covery was one of numerous samples sam sam- sam samples ples pies which came to them from all allover allover allover over the world Just where that particular bit of dirt came from they do not know Dentists Arc in Pain Too Pity tb the poor dentist when he sneaks in n behind your teeth with wilh that savage little drill and tries to unseat the lo top of 0 your our skull Chances are his bs feet leel hurt And his bis back aches And his legs ar are weary ueary That ThaI at least leas I is the contest conten contention lion Ion of oj Northwestern university school of 01 dentistry which is starting start start- lug ing to 10 teach leach its ils student dentists to work sitting silting down on down on a specially constructed stool A standing dentist ts is s of oj no more mOTe advantage to 10 the patient than a tit lit tin lit dentist the school asserts II If dentists dentist can b be brought to a sitting Position Ib the university believes their professional ro lives lit will b be extended ex n- ev- ev tended by five years FARMLAND FARM FARl LAND Prices Go Up Continuing the steady trend upward upward upward up up- ward begun early in the war farm real estate prices are nearing a level level lev lev- el ci double the average for the 1935 39 period a survey by the U. U S. S bureau of agricultural economics shows sho During the year ending March 1 I farm real estate prices rose 12 per percent percent percent cent for the country as a whole That figure Is compared with a 13 per cent rise for the corresponding period in 1946 11 per cent in 1945 and arid 15 per cent In 1944 1044 six Fifty per cent of the recorded sales Inthe in inthe inthe the past year were for tor all cash it was revealed In hi the survey OUTMODED DEFENSE Rockets Far Ahead improving Ever-improving rocket weapons already have rendered obsolete the best anti-aircraft anti guns of the army and navy Paul W. W Martin an ordnance ordnance ord ord- nance nanee expert has asserted The big strides made in hi development development development develop develop- ment of rapid firing tiring automatic radar-directed radar guns have been far outstripped by atomic energy and guided missiles he said Three Important Import features of a good defense were cited A long- long range detection system a defensive rocket to Intercept the enemy missile missile mis mis- sile sue and destruction of the enemy missile at a safe distance |