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Dudley Leads Houston Mosquito Squad Against Yellow Fever
When a yellow fever case struck Houston J G Dudley J chief of the city's mosquito control forces labored with his men. Deadly gases were poured into the flop house where the case was found and every mosquito breeding den was cleaned out until not one flying pest remained to spread the germs. Federal officials credited Dudley with saving Houston from a potentially serious epidemic.
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