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Show HIGHLIGHTS .'. in the week's newt I RIVER: Vagaries of the White river in Indiana have shifted the boundary line between Decatur and Perry townships in Marion county. Two schools operated by the Decatur Deca-tur township authorities will have to be closed because of lack of funds. Property of the power company com-pany is no longer within the township's town-ship's tax limits to provide revenue, it was pointed out. TRAP: Sir Malcolm Campbell, British auto racing driver, was fined $20 for causing injury to an odd-jobs odd-jobs man. A spring-gun loaded with red powder that Sir Malcolm had set on the boundaries of his land went off and hurt the workman's leg. RAZOR BLADES: All restrictions on the manufacture of safety razors and blades have been removed by the War Production board, officials announce. Another order allows the manufacture of 10,000 iron bathtubs, which will be made by a Chicago firm. FARM HANDS: Several organisations organisa-tions in New York state, working In collaboration, filled 210,000 farm jobs last year. Only 3 per cent of the workers were normally farm hands. TYPHUS: Eleven "public" delous-ing delous-ing stations have been set up In Naples, Italy, by Allied military health officers to combat typhus which is spreading in the city. BEER: Boosting morale with "beer and pretzels in moderation," was proposed by the Cincinnati regional re-gional director of the War Manpower Manpow-er commission after studying reports re-ports of after-holiday absenteeism which averaged 8 per cent. RISK: A further reduction in the cargo insurance rate on goods shipped between the United States and Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay has been announced. The rate is being be-ing lowered to 2 per cent, from 3 per cent. In August, 1942, when submarine sub-marine sinkings were frequent, the rate was 25 per cent. |
