| Show new leader v M here i is rep john W mccormack of boston mass just elected to the position of democratic floor leader of the house of reprise representatives nta tives an ardent new dealer he succeeds rep sam rayburn recently elevated to speaker of the house follow ing the death of william B bankhead CENSUS smallest gain cain besides you there are of us in the united states as of april 1 you have the word of the united states census bureau for it and they counted noses but the rise in population during the last 10 years was only 7 per cent the lowest on record in the decade between 1920 and 1930 the percentage of increase was decline in the birth rate and a virtual stoppage of immigration is given as the reason william L austin director of the census viewed the situation with concern as did students of population trends some have figured that by 1970 there will be in the united states and after that anle unless ss something un forseen occurs the drift will be downward RADIO new numbers the federal communications commission announced that out of radio stations in the U S will change frequencies on or about december 1 the rearrangement comes through agreement entered into by the united states cuba mexico and canada in order to eliminate international radio receivers of the push button type will need adjustment to the new numbers for the metro metropolitan polita n centers the reception will not be altered greatly but it will make quite an improvement in the rural areas FCC officials claim in the new setup united states stations now operating between and kilocycles kilo cycles will move up 10 kilocycles kilo cycles stations between a and nd will move up 20 stations between and 1450 will move up 30 clear channel stations will shift from 1460 1490 to 1500 1530 local stations now on 1500 will move down to 1490 stations now between and will remain unchanged PIE IN THE SKY but no automobiles two years ago dr robert ley head of the german labor front promised to put an automobile in every workers garage some workers began contributing 2 weekly toward the purchase price which later was raised to but there will be no automobiles both unfinished factories and contributions have been turned over to war use ley now is offering a new plan after the war he told german workers wages for 10 years will be divided into free and tied parts the tied parts ww will revert to the government and workers WW will get not only automobiles but homes and other things the government thinks is good for them he also said there will be no more faced labor and everyone eve rYane will have a weekly vacation from saturday noon to monday morning SCIENCE new process john henry walthall 40 year old scientist with the TVA has discovered a method of abstracting aluminum alum from common clay aluminum is now derived from bauxite found domestically chiefly in arkansas A i r but imported in huge quantities from dutch guiana the TVA said the discovery will in make ake the U S virtually independent of foreign sources miscellany mrs stanley beggs 46 of lyndhurst N J was arrested by b y FBI agents charged with demanding from miss helen clay prick frick heiress of the late steel millionaire milli C L A bill fixing penalties for onalee peacetime sabotage in defense industries has been passed by the senate and ad sent to the house |
