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Show National News Summary Islands The population of the island possessions of the United Stales has shown a decided increase in the -period from 1940 to 1947, according to the Census Bureau. The population of Hawaii, including in-cluding members of the armed forces, increased 28.6 per cent; Puerto Rico showed a rise of 15 per cent; the Panama Canal Zone, 71 per cent and the Virgin Islands, 9.2 per cent. Landlord The biggest landlord in the world, the United States Government, Gov-ernment, is paying out a record $59,000,000 a year to rent additional addi-tional office space for its government gov-ernment bureaus. The Government Govern-ment owned or leased a total of 340,500,000 square feet of space. Of this total, 31,000,000 square feet were in Washington and the remainder were spread over the country. Less Food Americans will eat slightly less food this year than last, according accord-ing to the Agriculture Department, Depart-ment, but they will be better nourished than before the war. Nutrients, such as iron and Vit-aimn Vit-aimn B, will range from nine to 38 per cent above the supplies available before the war. Enrichment En-richment of bread and flour, which first started during World War II, partly account or the situation. Mule Kick President Truman recently signed a bill which will give William Reece $3,500 for injuries injur-ies received thirty-one years ago, when he was kicked by a mule while both were serving in the United States Army in 1917. Prices The Department of Agriculture Agricul-ture predicts that retail food prices are likely to go still higher high-er during the next few months, with meats and other livestock products leading the advance. Two factors likely to push prices pri-ces hicher are: Record consumer buying' power and a decline in' the output of meats and other livestock products. School Enrollment School enrollment will jump from an estimated 24,373,000 next fall to 33,561,000 in the fall of 1957, a 30 per cent increase, according to the National Education Edu-cation Association estimates. Enrollment En-rollment in the school year just passed was 23,932,000, which was higher than for the three previous years, but represented a decrease from 24,548,000 in 1940. |
