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Show TREND Hoiv the wind is blowing . . . INCOME A seven-year study by the Northwestern National Life Insurance In-surance company of Minneapolis showed that John Public was profiting profit-ing from the war whether he admits ad-mits it or not: In 1939's last quarter, his check climbed to the farthest point ($13) above living costs since pre-depression days. COMMUNICATIONS The U. S. Supreme court ruled a federal court of appeals has no supervisory power over the federal communications commission. Case: A court order demanding that FCC reconsider its action on the petition of a Potts-ville, Potts-ville, Pa., radio station. 'RUBBER' Standard Oil company com-pany of New Jersey announced acquisition ac-quisition of American rights for production pro-duction of buna synthetic rubber from I. E. Farbenindustrie of Germany. Ger-many. MARITLME To avoid U. S. -British friction over contraband control, London may soon permit European-bound European-bound U. S. ships to pass the control con-trol at St. John, New Brunswick. AVIATION Pan-American airways air-ways has ordered four-engine substratosphere sub-stratosphere planes with a 300-m. 300-m. p. h. cruising range to outfly competitive com-petitive Italian and German ships. |