Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1931, Page 27

THE EV INING STAR, WASHINGTON, CENSUS REVEALS MORE 0LD PEOPLE Fewer Youths in United States Than Were Counted Decade Ago. By the Associated Press. Fewer youngsters and more old peo- | ple were shown by the Census Bureau today to be in the United States than were counted a decade ago, although | 47,608,991 children 19 or under formed | 38.8 per cent of the total population Persons between 25 and 44 were \IP- scribed as in the most productive pe- | riod of life. Between these limitc were found in 1930, 36.152,869, divided into 8 per cent of the urban population, | 9 per cent of the rural dwellers and | 8 per cent of the rural non-farm or village _districts Of the Nation's 15,046 people, | 229 per cent were found in the 28.14: | 808 listed from 45 upward, and 8.9 cent were accounted for in the 10, 378 between 20 and ?4 )em’s old. U der the heading reau put 72,943.624, as compared with 60,886,520 in 1920, ‘The percentnge of children was re- ported to be highest in the rural dis- tricts, but the decline was as marked in the farming areas as in the cities. Rural population under 5 dropped from 12.7 r cent to 11.1, in the cities from 9.7 0 8.2 and the village areas from 11.6 to 10.5. Although the country’s citizens in- creased 16.1 per cent as a whole, rising from 105,710,620 to the 122 million fig- ure, there were only 2,190,791 infants | under 1 in 1930, against 2,357,255 in 1920, respectively, 1.8 and 2.1 per cent. Children under 5 formed 9.3 per cent, totaling 11,444,390, as compared with | 11,573,330 or 10.9 per cent. Numerically, | there were more between 10 and 14—the “under 5" class of 1920—as the 1930 census showed 12,004,877 against 10,- 641,137, but this age group formed 10.1 per cent in 1920, as against 9.8 per | cent now. 15 to 19 Show Gain. Only in the 15 to 19 years old division | | was there an increase sufficiently large to show a gain in percentage. This | group rose from 9430556, or 8.9 per cent, to 22,552,115, or 9.4 per cent dur- | ing the decade. Increases of comparable size in the 45 and up age limits were contrasted to | the decreases in the younger divisions, Persons 75 and over totaled 1,913,196, against 1469,704, Tespectively, 1.6 per cent and 1.4. | |an oyster tonger. 8,396,898, against 6,531,672, 6.8 and 6.2 per cent: 65 to 74, 4.720.609, compared with 3,463,511, 3.8 and 3.3 per cent. The bureau found persons 65 and older formed 5.1 per cent of the urban and the rural farm population, and 66 per cent of the rural non-farm division, attributed partly to retired farmers and other retired persons going to country villages Lo spend their last years. OYSTER WEARING FALSE TEETH CAUGHT IN BAY Bivalve Commandeered Plate Lost Year Ago by Tonger Near Hells Point, Md. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., September 8.— The catching of an oyster wearing an | upper set of false teeth was reported yesterday to Swenson Earle, State con- servation commissioner. There was nothing wrong with the oyster's natural teeth. The set of Ir(l ficial ones kad been lost a yea ‘The catch ln the Chester River, near Hell's Point. Farle said young oysters have a weak- ness for taking up with anything solid | ith which they may come in contact while developing under the water's sur- face. He was told that a year ago an | PFurther indicating increased length | unidentified fisherman had dropped his 018,08: 98, or 10.8 per cent, against 10, or 99 per cent; 55 to 6 | of life, the 45 to 54 class totaled 13,- | artificial & th overboard near Hell's oint and apparently the oyster had ttach 1f to them. UNPEDIGREED DOG JUDGED COON HOUND CHAMPION |15-Year-Old Boy's Entry Wins $1,000 Leafy Oak Stake in National Trials. By the Associated Press. KENTON, Ohio, September 8.—Just “plain dog” was king of North Ameri- can coon hounds today. Unpedigreed and unheralded, a black- and-white fox dog owned by 15-year- old J. E. Smith, Franklin, Ohlo, yester- day became coon hound champion over 160 entries by winning the $1,000 Leafy Oaks stake by winning the $1,000 trials. Four thousand dog fanciers and lovers of the sport of coon hunting watched young Smith’s willing entry take the first line elimination event, ‘three hon- ors in the semi-final and both of the first tree and second line finals in the grand final. The dogs, represenung 17 States, were by D. Schroch, Dubuque, ‘ . k¢ Huntington, Ind., UPHOLSTERING he PALAIS ROYAL TELEPHONE DISTRICT 4400 G STREET AT ELEVENTH Qutstanding in the Half-Yearly Sale of Furniture This Luxurious $169 Three-Piece Living Room Ensemble Deep, luxurious comfortable club ch: any-finish frames, sofa. high-back ‘chair and iir. 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