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Show National News Summary Siale of War It may surprise some Americans Ameri-cans to learn that the United States not only still is technically in' a stale of war, but also in a state of limited and unlimited emergency. This fact was brought ont in a discussion of an adjournment date for Congress. Speaker of the House Raybum stated that the nation was still in a state of war emergency and therefore . Congress could stay in session as long as it wished without with-out enacting authorizing legislation. legisla-tion. Technically, the nation will still be in a state of war with Germany and Japan until peace treaties have been signed and ratified. The states of emergency began prior to the war. Infantile Paralysis As of July 27. infantile paralysis paral-ysis cases in 1949 were running far ahead of 1944, the second worst polio year in' United States history. A survey showed 6,935 cases over the nation with 337 deaths, as against 4.176 for the same date in 1944. Totals for 1944 eventually reached 19,029, topped only by 27,363 in 1916, the peak year. Texas lead the nation with 1,123 cases with California Cal-ifornia next, with 708. Millionaires Britain is down to its last 54 millionaires, according to a recent re-cent government report. The Inland Revenue Commissioners consider a man a millionaire if he has an annual income of 100.000 pounds ($400,000) or more. Out of 21,000,000 income taxpayers in Britain. 18.375,000 made less than $2,000 and 2,-030,000 2,-030,000 had less than $600 left after paying taxes. The standard income tax rate in Britain is 45 per cent. Army Recruiting The Army, with its strength currently about 20,000 below the planned average of 677,000, will study closely the trend of recruiting re-cruiting during August and September Sep-tember before deciding what measures must be taken if the recruiting slump continues or shows signs of becoming worse. . At the moment, the Army is not contemplating renewing the draft of selective service registrants or lowering standards for volunteers. volun-teers. Retail Buying Price reductions in June served serv-ed to sustain the volume of consumer con-sumer buying of a number of goods for which demand had been weakening, according to the Commerce Department. However, How-ever, businessmen were said to be shying" away from buying to refill their shelves, which accounts ac-counts in part for the further moderate declines in industrial output and prices at the close of the second quarter. Cosmic-Ray Laboratory A Boston Museum scientist, Bradford Washburn, has flown . to Anchorage. Alaska, the site of Mount McKinley. America's highest mountain, to study the possibility of setting' up the world's highest cosmic-ray observation obser-vation post on the 2,200-foot peak. Wasrburn and other researchers re-searchers will conduct the reconnaissance re-connaissance for the Office of Naval Research, The peak is believed be-lieved ideal for cosmic-ray observances ob-servances as it is relatively near the North Magnetic Pole. |