The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-07-20
BITS OF NEWS
FROM EVERYWHERE

Extended research has brought
out the many civilizations in TIT
past have declined and finally dis.
appeared as the fertility Of the sol
providing them food lost important
of its nourishing minerals. The
fact adds a new Importance TO the
soil conservation program.
o.
According TO DR.. James Sonnet
Greene. director Of the City's Ma
tional Hospital for Speech Disorders
Of New York. suffering and loss OF
speech in the majority of instances
is caused by nervous instability
fear and nervous tension.
o.
II was recently discovered thai
the use Of high fepers artifically
produced for the treatment OF syh-
Ills thought to have been a recent
discovery OF the medical profession
has been used for years by an
African tribe.
A fertile cause of bad teeth is
said to be the use of soft foods
In the more primitive state wher
man ate coarse and tough foods
the teeth were as a rule better
This is especially noted among the
tribes Of Seminole Indians in Flor.
ida. Those who inhabit the swamp.
in their natural state have nearly
perfect teeth but those who have
taken on civilized ways and civil.
lied food have a much higher per.
centage Of defective teeth.
o.
A new hospital recently complet.
ed in New York for the treatment
Of cancer has $1,000 patients on it.
active treatment list.
%
Piano manufacturers report thai
the sales OF pianos have shown 9
marked increase in the past thre.
years. Shortly after the coming O.
the radio, piano sales dropped to 9
fraction OF their normal volume
The pendulum is said to be defin.
itely swinging the other way. Younf
women are coming to find that ther
Is no culture or training in must,
or accomplishment to be found IL
merely twisting radio dial.
%
According to a survey recentl,
completed by the Northwestern Ma
tional Life Insurance Co., the av,
erage family with an $500 annua
income pays traceable indirect tax
es Of $24264 annually. It wa.
also brought out by a recent pol
Of the Americaon Institute of Pub
lie Opinion that less than one
fourth Of the population of votin,
age is aware Of the existence o
these hidden taxes. Classified b,
income groups the poll showed tn,
percentage Of those who did no
feel that they paid taxes Of an,
kind was: $40 a week per cent
$50 to $40 a week 10 per cent; unde
$50 a week, 40 per cent.
%
A new type of preparation TO
war is involved in a recent barte
arrangement with England where
by this country agrees to exchang'
800, 900 bales Of cotton valued a.
$50, 100000 for an equivalent valu,
Of rubber, about $500 tons. Both
commodities are to be stored In thei,
respective countries for seven year,
subject to delivery in the event o.
war. Similar exchanges Of differ.
ent products are being worked on
with other nations. In this way &
commodity reserve is created. The
cotton represents one-half of Grea,
Briton's annual cotton consumption
and the rubber about one-fifth thi,
country's annual rubber consump.
ton. .#
There has been developed by tn,
engineers Of the Corning Glas.
Works Of Corning, New York, wha:
is called pre-shrunk glass. TIT
individual quality OF the glass 4
that it will not crack with sudden
changes Of temperature. In an ex.
pertinent to demonstrate its ability
to Withstand sudden changes o.
temperature disc Of the glass VIA,
placed upon cake Of ice and mol.
ten iron at a temperature Of 260t
degrees, poured upon it without in.
jury.