Show personal incomes rise in nation form farm income cited As major reason the status of consumer buying power in the nation was good in fact personal incomes which are the mainspring of such buying increased in june according to reports of the federal department of commerce THE RISE helped push incomes tor for the first six months of 1949 to a level 26 per cent higher than the first half of boom time 1948 the report estimated that the flow of personal income from all sources reached an annual rate of 2135 billion dollars in june the commerce departments study showed the upturn had been continuing for three months april through june and that the gain accelerated cele rated as it continued an increase in farm income was cited by the department as the main cause of the june increase in personal income THE department regarded as more magnificent however the fact that factory payrolls were credited with a slight increase in june after having declined hied steadily since last september GULF STREAM shifting course the gulf stream normally about 80 miles off the new jersey coast at this season was reported during the month to be only 22 miles off shore resulting in the discovery of many rare tropical fish in the nets of fishermen according to capt V vincent I 1 n c e n t droughton of spring lake N J a veteran navigator in both southern and northern waters he measured the distance |