| Show WORLD MONOPOLY l Peace Threat Declaring that cartels agreements agreements agreements agree agree- ments among different international business firms for controlling world trade trade formed formed the basis for Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Germa Germa- nys ny's military rejuvenation Attorney General Francis Biddle told congress congress congress con con- gress that such enterprises must be destroyed if the Allies are arc to control the enemies' enemies capacity for future war As a result of cartel agreements Biddle said important companies were kept from South American markets others could not manufacture ture such strategic products as synthetic synthetic synthetic syn syn- rubber development of the magnesium industry was retarded an American comp company ny was prevented prevent prevent- ed from selling a certain to the British and restrictions were imposed on plastic production Even though certain giant German corporations were prevented from manufacturing military products after the war Biddle said they worked around these restrictions by organizing subsidiaries in other count countries ries TELEVISION Here After War IVar Although television will come into general use after niter the thc war var it will be bean bean bean an addition to and not a substitute for radio Chairman James L. L Fly of the Federal Communications commission commission com corn mission declared Said he You cant can't sit and look at ata a television screen for 18 hours a day You cant can't turn on television and make the beds or play bridge or wash the dishes as you can with oral broadcasting Television will be interspersed with other programs pro pro- grams Fly also recounted the spectacular rise in revenue of standard stations and networks during the war years time sales in 1943 amounting to million dollars with net income of 66 million dollars as compared with time sales in 1942 of million dollars dollars dol dol- lars Jars and profits of 45 million dollars I Young Wizard I IAn An fin inventive genius at high school age Stanley Hiller Jr now 19 demonstrated a anew anew new type helicopter to the arm army navy and national advisory committee for aeronautics tics ics at San Francisco Calif one day before his induction into service Using opposite rotating propellers Hiller's Hillers lull Hill ers er's helicopter is designed to overcome the conventional models model's torque or inclination to pull over Oler with the turn of the single blade Built to cruise at from 1 ll 2 to 90 miles an hour with top speed of 0 miles an hour the new helicopters helicopter's longest flight has been about 90 miles Son of a pioneer Pacific flier and steamship steam steam- steamship ship company president fuller Hiller founded a large arge miniature automobile manufacturing business using wing a special die-casting die process WORLD WHEAT Ample Surplus With the four great wheat ing nations of the U. U S. S Canada Argentina and Australia expected to harvest bushels in 1944 and with a over carry-over of 1100 bushels as of July 1 total supplies will approximate bushels for the coming year Of the amount the International Wheat council reported the four nations nations nations na na- na- na will consume about bushels and use another for seed and other non-food non uses leaving a reserve of bushels Of this amount about bushels will be exported the council said and will constitute a working stock leaving a holdover supply of As the result of unusually favorable favorable favorable favor favor- able July weather for spring wheat in Minnesota and North Dakota the U. U S. S department of agriculture estimated a total wheat crop of bushels for this year which would make the U. U S S. S harvest harvest harvest har har- vest about half of the big fours POLIO 1 Incidence Increases Abating in some sections infantile paralysis has increased in others with the result that the U. U S. S is experiencing its worst polio epidemic epidemic epidemic epi epi- epi- epi demic in 28 years although the cases reported up to August 19 were far below the 1916 high of 17 75 Offsetting downward trends reported reported reported re re- re- re ported in North Carolina and Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Ken Ken- tucky were increases in New York Pennsylvania Virginia and the District District District Dis Dis- of Columbia States reporting mild or normal incidences included California Kansas Utah Florida Arkansas Arizona Missouri Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming Wyo Wyo- ming and Oklahoma New England and the mountain states reported few cases case As a result of the high incidence in some areas school open openings have been delayed as much as a month All children under 14 were banned from swimming pools and theaters in Kentucky and those under 12 were placed under house quarantine in Milwaukee Wis REDEEM BONDS Holders of war bonds are cashing them in at a steadily increasing rate treasury officials reveal This is particularly true of the smaller denominations series E F and G. G The percentage of cumulative redemptions redemptions re reo re- re compared with cumulative cumulative tive sales of these three series since May 1 1941 has risen steadily from per cent last February to 1188 per cent in June Sales since May 1 1941 amounted to 36 billion mil million million lion dollars on July 31 and redemptions redemptions redemptions 3 billion above 7 t |
