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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1947
Page
10
Amarillo enacts an ordinance forcing rat proofing in business districts and funds a city crew to install preventive barriers. The program uses 1080 poison at night and DDT dusting to kill rats and their typhus carrying lice, supervised by Red Jackson and aided by E A King.
Globe Staff photo shows Red Jackson overseeing ratproofing work by the city typhus control department. Doors and windows get metal frames and hail screen, chimneys and vents sealed, and openings patched to curb Endemic Typhus Fever Bubonic Plague and Katbite Fever risk. Rat control aims to seal every wall opening and vent to halt rodent movement block by block.
The text notes rats are among the most prolific mammals with a female potentially bearing up to eight litters annually, each litter containing 6 to 15 young. It states rats have a global range and diverse traits, but emphasizes that regardless of location a rat remains a rat.
First Spring semester night classes meet at 7 p m with courses in mathematics government beginner French and art tonight Tomorrow night offers English typewriting and psychology Enrollment is open at the registrar during the day Dr A M Meyer presides over registrations The piece notes citrus per capita consumption rising from 44 to 117 pounds between 1909 and 1946.
History notes Henry VIII gorged then suffered after meals. An advertisement urges Udga tablets for ulcer and stomach pains indigestion heartburn and gas. It promises 25 cent boxes and double your money back if the first dose does not convince.
The Roundup Club a chamber of commerce membership group adds 59 new members since September announced by chairman Roy Cloninger. New members include Welding Equipment and Supply Co Studio Flower and Gift Shop Southland Life Insurance Co Dallas Reeves Mc Bride's Ace Paint and Body Works and many more local businesses.
Florence Bates, age 26, became the first woman admitted to the Texas bar and later debuted on film at age 52 in Rebecca portraying a featured role in Indian Summer.
The Santa Fe Railway names Dr W A Morrison medical director to oversee health activity for 68000 employees and coordinate its physicians nurses and hospitals. Morrison joined the Los Angeles hospital staff in 1921 and later became chief surgeon. The article notes a separate point about turkey grade tags indicating age.
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