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Show National News Summary Governor For Guam The Island of Guam will probably prob-ably get a civilian governor sometime in August, according to the Interior Department, which has announced that Guam's governor and military commander of the Mariannas Rear Admiral Charles A. Pow-nall, Pow-nall, is to retire on September 1. The Navy has governed Guam and American Samoa for almost half a century. Corn Surplus Unfavorable weather marked the current wheat surplus off the prospective list, but an official crop report forecast the possibility possi-bility of a near-record corn crop this year, 3,530,185,000 bushels. This raised the possibility possibil-ity that supplies of livestock feed grains this year may reach a surplus level requiring action to cut back production next year. Wheat For 1950 A 1950 production program calling for less wheat but more meat animals and dairy products was recently laid before the nation's na-tion's wheat farmers by the Department De-partment of Agriculture. A declining de-clining foreign market makes it advisable that farmers plant 14,-000.000 14,-000.000 fewer acres to wheat for 1950 harvest than the nearly 83,000,000 seeded for this year's crops. Vei Housing Refunds Housing Expediter Tighe E, Woods says he has recovered $1,596,735 for veterans who were gypped on their new homes. This sum represented money the veterans lost through overcharges overcharg-es or failure to receive all hous- ing items called for in specifications. specifica-tions. Radio Ouilcis A midyear taxation of licensed broadcasting outlets, made by the Communications Commission shows Texas leading the list with 223 standard, FM and telivision grants. California is next with 220 permits, while Pennsylvania has 186, New York 171. and North Carolina 132. New York's television total of 14 heads this category, with Ohio second with 12 and California third with-11. Cotton Prospects The Department of Agriculture Agricul-ture has reported that 26,380,-000 26,380,-000 acres of cotton were in cultivation cul-tivation on July 1, an increase of 14.2 per cent over 1948. While no forecast of production was made, the crop would be about 14,770,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight if the yield per acre equalled the 5-year (1944-48) (1944-48) average of 269 pounds. Pro- " duction last year was 14,686,000 bales compared with a 10-year average of 12,014,000 bales. Farm Accidents Whether you realize it or not. a farm is just about the most dangerous place a family can live and work, according to safety safe-ty experts, who report that about 18,000 farm persons are killed each year in work and home accidents ac-cidents and in automobile mishaps mis-haps on farm roads. Thousands of others are injured. Non-fatal farm accidents cost 17.000.000 working days in 1948, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Statis-tics. The cost for medical care, but not including the lost time, was $30,000,000. |