Year Position of the Center of Population, 1790 to 1940 North West Source: United States Bureau of the Census Longi- Approximate Location By Important Towns 48 016 miles east of Moorefield, W. Va.. 50.5 50.1 6.7 40.4 39.4 9.0 55.0 54.8 4.7 54.8 54.7 3.5 80.6 80.6 1.6 44.1 42.1 13.3 1820..39 5 42 78 33 Since 1790 the center of population has moved 602 miles. In other words, the point upon which the United States would balance, if it were a rigid plane without weight and the population distributed thereon, with each individual being assumed to have equal weight and to exert an influence on a central point proportional to his distance from the point. 83,431,689 22,161,561 153,026,476 1,095,479,092 132,383,041 68,603,332 1,555,085,191 (170,695,037 83,655,185 551,186,022 1,117,221,353 147,900,066 70,287,346 2,140,945,009 Orthodox (Eastern) Catholics includes Russian, Greek, Albanian, Bulgarian, Rumanian, Serbian, Syrian, Armenian and Coptic Catholics. Roman Catholics include also Polish Catholics and Old Catholic Churches. Others includes Philosophic and heathen religions, unchurched, unclassified and unknown. Fly Lights Itself Fore and Aft, Eats Spiders of A fly that spins a web for catching spiders and other insects was described (Dec. 28, 1940) before the meeting of the Entomological Society America in Philadelphia by Dr. B. B. Fulton, of North Carolina State College. The fly, strangely enough, plays its spider-like role only when it is still in the larva stage, when it looks very much like a small worm. At that time the larva devours small spiders and other prey caught in its web. When it grows up and becomes a fully developed winged adult it becomes a mild vegetarian, feeding harmlessly on mushrooms, Dr. Fulton reported. The incredible insect is luminous like a firefly or glow worm; only it goes the firefly one better by carrying lights both fore and aft. Its front segment and its five rear segments shine with a weird blue light. The fly was named platyura fultoni in honor of Dr. Fulton by its discoverer Dr. Elizabeth Fisher, a fellow entomologist. Democratic National Committee (Headquarters, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D. C.) Chairman, Edward J Flynn, Washington, D. C.; Treasurer, Richard J. Reynolds; Publicity Director, Charles Michelson; Sergeant-at-Arms, Edwin A. Halsey Alabama. Arizona. Arkansas. Colorado. Florida Georgia. Idaho. Illinois Indiana. Iowa. Kansas. Kentucky. Louisiana Maine. Maryland.. Michigan.. Marion Rushton, Montgomery. Walter G. Riddick Little Rock. F. Harold Dubord, Waterville. Massachusetts. James M. Curley, Jamaica Plains. Montana. No. Carolina.. Utah. Vermont Virginia Canal Zone Hawail Philippines Edward J. Flynn, New York City Charles Sawyer, Cincinnati Robert S. Kerr, Oklahoma City Howard F. Latourette, Portland. David Lawrence, Pittsburgh Theo. Francis Green (Sen.), Wash., D. C. W. W. Howes, Washington, D. C. Leslie A. Miller, Cheyenne. A. P. E. Doyle, Dr., Cristobal. Robt. E. Manley, Naga, Camerlines Sur. Ralph Palewonsky, St. Thomas. Mrs. Leonard Thomas, Montgomery Mrs. Katherine Hickson, Hampden Highlands Mrs. Agnes Collins Dunn, Concord Mrs. Emily F. Edson, Portland Mrs. Emma Guffey Miller, Slippery Rock Mrs. Esther Jones, Redfield Mrs. Albert E. Hill, Nashville Mrs. Clara Driscoll, Corpus Christi Mrs. James H. Wolfe, Salt Lake City Miss Ann Powers, Bennington Mrs. John Garland Pollard, Richmond Mrs. Jeanette Testu, Seattle Mrs. A. S. Booker, Bluefield Mrs. P. J. Quealy, Kemmerer Mrs. Bertha Perrine, Anchorage Mrs. L. O. Keen, Balboa Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, Washington, D. CTM- Socialist Party National Executive Committee (Headquarters, 303 Fourth Ave., New National Chairman, Norman Thomas, 20 Gramercy Park, N. Y. City; National Vice Chairman, David H. H. Felix, 1416 So. Penn Sq., Philadelphia, Pa.; National Secretary, Travers Clement, 303 Fourth Ave., N. Y. City; Administrative Secretary, Robert Parker, 303 Fourth Ave., N. Y. City; Frank McCallister, 313 Palmer Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.; Jeffrey W. Campbell, c/o Socialist Party, 30 York, N. Y.) (As of November, 1941) Socialist Labor Party National Committee (Headquarters, 61 Cliff Street, New York City) (As of November, 1941) National Secretary, Arnold Petersen. National, Gramaticoff, and J. T. Evanich. Treasurer, Paul Herzel. National Executive Committee -J. W. Aiken, F. E. Passonno, I. Feinberg. James Sim, W. W. Cox, Herbert Steiner, Margaret Lipicky, Theo. New York State Executive Committee-M. Kronfeld. Stephen Emery, J. Grossman, L. F. Guillotte, Rose Weinberger, J. Berlin, John Timm, S. Blume, Anna Epstein. State Secretary-Emil F. Teichert. Prohibition National Committee (Headquarters, 82 W. Washington St., Chicago) (As of November, 1941) Chairman-Edward E. Blake, 82 W. Washington | W. Babson, Babson Park, Mass.; Edgar V. Moor St Chicago. Vice Chairman-William F. Varney, Executive Committee (including above)--Roger man, Quincy, Ill.; Dr. D. Leigh Colvin, New York; Communist Party National Committee 35 E. 12th St., N. Y. City; not affiliated with the Communist Internationale The National Committee is headed by William Z. Foster, the Party's Chairman; Earl Browder, General Secretary. Membership. 80,327. Republican National Committee (Headquarters, 718 Jackson Pl., N. W., Washington, D. C., Secretary, Harold W. Mason) Chairman Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Massachu- | who are ex-officio members), Robert P. Burroughs, setts; Executive Director-John Hamilton, Kansas; New Hamp.; Mrs. Horace H. Sayre, Okla.; Mrs. Vice-Chairmen-Samuel F. Pryor, Jr., Connecticat; Walter S. Hallanan, West Virginia; Mrs. Grace B. Reynolds, Indiana; Mrs. Paul FitzSimons, Rhode Island. Treasurer-Sinclair Weeks, Massachusetts. General Counsel-Henry P. Fletcher, Rhode Island. Chairman, Executive CommitteeWilliam F. Knowland, California. Executive Committee (in addition to officers. Urquhart, Wash. Bertha D. Baur, Ill.; Ezra R. Whitla, Idaho; MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE Mrs. Pearl Wates, Birmingham Mrs. Emma Parsons, Route 2, Tucson Virginia.. Ezra R. Whitla, Coeur d'Alene. Miss Katherine Byrne, Hartford Mrs. F. G. Tallman, Wilmington Mrs. Myra Brown, Tampa Mrs. Bertha M. Field, Marietta Mrs. Emma Clouchek, Twin Falls Mrs. Bertha D. Baur, Chicago Mrs. Grace B. Reynolds, Cambridge City Mrs. Jouette R. Todd, Harrods Creek Mrs. Chris Carlson, Blue Earth Mrs. Katharine K. Brown, Dayton Mrs. Horace H. Sayre, Ardmore Mrs. George Gerlinger, Portland Mrs. Paul FitzSimons, Newport Mrs. Ruby Roach McLane, Nashville Mrs. James Reynolds, Sheridan Qualifications for Voting by States A voter must be at least 21 years of age; a citizen; not a convict; able to read or write; must be registered. In some States paupers are ineligible. Alabama Arizona Arkansas California. Colorado. Connecticut. Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois. Indiana lowa.. Kansas. Kentucky. Louisiana. Maine. Maryland.. Michigan Officers of Democratic State Committees Chairman Gessner T. McCorvey, Mobile. Robert Knox, El Dorado. William M. Malone, San Francisco. Charles E. Young, Topeka.. Massachusetts. William H. Burke, Jr., Boston.. Minnesota.. Mississippi. Missouri. Montana. Oklahoma.. Utah Vermont. Virginia. Washington. W. Virginia. Wisconsin Wyoming. Dist. of Col. Puerto Rico. Charles S. Porritt, Lansing. C. Marion Hulen, Jefferson City. James A. Farley, New York City R. R. Kramer, Maryville. P. Parnell Black, Salt Lake City. Orlando Antonsanti, San Juan. Virgin Islands. Joseph Alexander, St. Croix. Hawaii. Abner T. Longley, Oahu, T. H. Secretary Nelson O. Fuller, Centerville J. Walter Darley, Hartford Miss Margaret Brennan, Boise M. J. Daly, Belle Plaine Mrs. Alice M. Ferris, Jefferson City M. J. Thomas, Helena Robert D. Flory, Columbus Jack Conlon, Carson City Yvan Caron, Manchester Charles Quinn, Trenton Earl Stull, Santa Fe Albert L. Ward, New York City C. J. Kachelhoffer, Wahpeton L. T. Cook, Purcell Flavel W. Temple, Portland Paul C. Lewis, Philadelphia Gen. Henry D. Hamilton, Barrington Jack Norman, Nashville Lyle B. Nicholes, Salt Lake City Prof. George R. Stackpole, Winooski Edwin P. Cox, Richmond Lloyd Shorett, Seattle J. B. Clerum, Kenosha Walter F. Bramhall Dr. F. Garcia de la Torre, Santurce George H. T. Dudley, St. Croix James C. Akina, Honolulu, T. H. American Labor Party Executive Committee (A New York State organization, affiliated with Labor's Non-Partisan League) (As of November, 1941) Chairman-Lugi Antonini; Vice Chairmen-Dorothy Bellanca, 15 Union Square; John J. Buckley. 124 Dundee St., Buffalo; Abraham Chatman, 757 Genesee Park Blvd., Rochester; Frank R. Crosswaith (Negro Labor Committee), 312 W. 125th St.; Morris Ernst, 285 Madison Ave.; Grace Gosselin, 540 E. 76th St.; Julius Hochman, 218 W. 40th St.; Louis Hollander. 31 W. 15th St.; Arthur Huggins, 112 State St., Albany: Alexander Kahn, 175 E. Broadway; Joseph V. O'Leary, 29 W. 12th St.; Jacob S. Potofsky, 15 Union Square; Emil Rieve, 44 E. 23d St.; Frederick F. Umhey, 3 W. 16th St. Treasurer Andrew R. Armstrong, 3810 Clarendon Rd., Brooklyn. Secretary-Alex Rose, 31 W. 37th St., N. Y. C. State Executive Director-George Marlin. Name MEMBERS OF THE N. Y. STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Backer, George. Baer, Harold. Barudin, Nathan.. Battams, Arthur.. Battini, Silvio. Caccio, Salvatore... Cheney, Prof. Coleman B. 101 Union Ave., Sara toga Springs Rand School, 7 E. 15th St. 24 Mulberry St., Roch'ter 711 N. McBride St., Syracuse Rock Rift Name Jaworski, Walter A... Kapp, Philip. McMahon, John.. Matthies, John W. Mendelowitz, Abraham Merrill, Herbert.. Minkoff, Nathaniel.. Oliver, Robert.. O'Sullivan, John J.. Officers of Republican State Committees Chairmen Joseph C. Swann, Wedowee.. Osro Cobb, Little Rock. Vice-Chairmen Selin Franklin, Jr., Tucson; Carroll M. Wood, Glen- R. A. Zebold. Pine Bluff; Marvin Hule, Morrilton Miss Katherine Byrne, Putnam George P. Wentworth, Pensacola; Mrs. Clara C. W. R. Tucker, Dawsonville; Dr. H. J. Carswell. Mrs. Carlyle Smith, Caldwell Ben. L. Berve, Rochelle; Mrs. C. L. John F. Tyrrell, Chicago: Fred B. Herbert, Mur- Ralph F. Gates, Columbia City. Walter S. Fees. Thomas S. Yates, Grayson. W. David Tilghman, Jr., Baltimore Massachusetts. Edward D. Sirois, Lawrence Mississippi.. Leslie B. Butler, Lansing New Jersey.... H. Alexander Smith, Princeton.... New Mexico.. Ohlo S. Dakota Utah. Vermont.. Virginia. Benson Newell, Las Cruces. Ed. D. Schorr, Columbus.. Glenn W. Martens, Pierre. David J. Wilson, Ogden.. Washington. Tom Oakshott, Colville. Wyoming. Dist. of Col. Philippines. James B. Griffith, Cheyenne. Wm. L. Mitchell, Tracy; Miss Marjorie Thompson, Robert W. Upton, Concord; James C. Farmer, Mrs. Florence Baker, Merchantville; Benjamin D. Miss Jane H. Todd, New York City Mrs. Mary L. Forrest, Gates Mills Mrs. Grace M. Wells, Klamath Falls Stanley F. Morse, Statesburg: G. F. Hambright, Clover C. O. Harris, San Angelo; Mrs. Carl G. Stearns, Mrs. Earl Davis, Salt Lake City R. O. Crockett, Tazewell; Mrs. Felix K. Parker, Mrs. A. G. Natwick, Washougal Carl O. Schmidt, Wheeling; Miss Madalyn Bazzle, Howard T. Greene, Genesee Depot; Mrs. C. J. George W. Hewlett, Cheyenne Clyde D. Garrett, Washington John E. Botelho, Honolulu G. H. Fairchild, Manila The Facts About Youth Source: United States Bureau of the Census (Number and proportion of the population under 15, 15-24, and 25 years and over, |