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Only Alabama ($1,284) is poorer in per capita wealth than Mississippi ($1,376). Only South Carolina (55%) has a denser Negro population than Mississippi (52%). Only Louisiana and South Carolina are more illiterate. Mississippi has the highest birth rate, lowest death rate in the South. It was the first state of the Union to ratify the 18th Amendment. It is cursed with the most virulent form of partisan Democratic politics. Its last great man: John Sharp Williams...
...largest business-$500.000. Next best, box-officially, were Violinist Fritz Kreisler, Tenor John McCormack, Pianist Serge Rachmaninoff. Chicago and Manhattan paid more for concerts this year than last; Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Kansas City paid less. As in 1929 La Porte, Ind., was found to be the most musical city per capita in the U. S. (TIME, Feb. 25, 1929). Of its 15,575 population, 1,428 (9%) attend concerts regularly. Helena, Ark. (pop. 8,316), was second...
France eats four times more bread per capita than any other nation. French breadmaking has long been regulated by strict laws. French gourmets have always stood for hand-kneaded bread raised without baking powder. Therefore last week the French Medical Academy faced a grave responsibility, their decision was awaited with a popular interest...
...perhaps the most remarkable 1930 statement yet to appear was that of Coca-Cola Co. Profits hit a new high record of $13,515,000 against $12,758,000 in 1929. Gallon sales rose from 26,981,874 to 27,798,730. U. S. sales amounted to a per capita Coca-Cola consumption of 28 bottles. Responsible for this showing, said Coca-Cola officials, was an extra $1,000,000 spent on advertising last year, and an extra $500,000 on sales efforts. Also beneficial: cheap sugar...
George Eastman waits until his Rochester fellow-citizens give their bits and then adds 10% to their total. Consequently Rochester has the highest per capita record ($4.61½) for chest drives...