CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 February 1941, Page 10

CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

AMERICAN BIRTHRATE [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] WASHINGTON, February 16. The United States Census Bureau reports that there were 2,350,000 births in 1940. This is the highest total for ten years. The birthrate rose I from 17.3 to 18 per 10,000 of the population. I NEW GRASS DISCOVERED. WASHINGTON, February 17. Mr Thomas Henry, science editor of the North American Newspaper Alliance, reports that thousands of square miles in Northern, South America, and Central America may be opened for colonisation, through an English doctor’s discovery of a strange grass in Caracas, Venezuela, which drives away mosquitoes, ticks, and snakes. Dr. Edward Morgan has already produced seeds, and large quantities have been supplied to the Venezuelan Government. The Pan-American Sanitary Bureau states that an analysis shows that the grass, which is a species of melinis multiflora, is the richest pasture for horses, cows, and mules, but will probably be unsuitable for sheep.

COMMUNIST’S CONVICTION WASHINGTON, February 17. _ The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the Communist, Earl Browder, for using a passport obtained fraudulently. Browder is under sentence of four years.