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Show TREND How the wind is blowing . . . POLITICS At Dallas, ex-Gov. Miriam A. ("Ma") Ferguson announced an-nounced she was willing to run for a third term. JAPAN At Tokyo, Rear Adm. Shozaburo Kanazawa viewed with "grave concern" a report that the U. S. is strengthening its Philippine naval forces. INCOME Salaries and other money paid U. S. individuals in February totaled $5,554,000,000, a 6 per cent increase over February, 1939. AGRICULTURE Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace asked congress to make it easier for farmers farm-ers to get credit. Reason: One-fourth One-fourth of all farm mortgages are in arrears. Meanwhile the department depart-ment viewed with alarm Britain's decision to decrease imports of American cotton. Probable upshot: A revival of export subsidies. AVIATION Army and navy spokesmen revealed 1,600 warplanes have been sent to French and British Brit-ish forces in the past 14 months; that production is being rushed on 2,700 more. |