New Cotton Insect Killer Undergoes Field Test
Texas A&M College extension service reports field tests near College Station of a new phosphate compound octamethyl pyrophosphoramide sold as Pestox II. Lab results promised effective absorption by plants, with dosages from four to eight pounds per acre against aphids and mites, and 16 pounds or more killing adult fleahoppers.
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College Station
Texas A&m College
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Germany
USDA
A&m Entomology Research Center
E. E. Ivy
William Iglinsky Jr
C. F
England
United States
J. C. Gaines
A&m Department of Entomology
Lindstrom Files Divorce Action Amid Custody Dispute
Hollywood reports Dr. Peter Lindstrom files for divorce from Ingrid Bergman charging desertion and cruelty. He seeks custody interpretation of a settlement and division of their $250000 joint holdings. Bergman’s side says the pact grants travel rights for Pia but Lindstrom claims Pia should reside in California.
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Lindstrom
Hollywood
Peter Lindstrom
Ingrid Bergman
Isaac Pacht
Rome
Roberto Rossellini
Miss Bergman
Remato
Rossellini
Hen sets local record with unusually large egg
Hazel Hicks reports a hen laid an egg measuring 8|% inches around the middle and 11 inches long, a standout for the West Plains, Missouri, community. The odd measurements drew local interest and word of the unusual hen spread through town.
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West Plains, Mo
Hazel Hicks
Moms Push Aid For Kissing Cop
Mothers in Eastcote Middlesex demand reinstatement for Safety Patrolman Arthur Sabine 68 who was fired after two parents complained about kissing children. The crowd of supporters says the kisses were requested by the children and Sabine will not return to duty.
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Eastcote
Middlesex
England
Arthur Sabine
Sidney Pantry
Arthur
Patrolman Sabine
Farmer's Wife Dies In Truck Fire Near San Angelo
A 33 year old Menard Texas farm woman died from burns in a San Angelo hospital after a truck fire caused by defective wiring ignited Tuesday. Her husband and 17 month old daughter Glenda Peth were in fair condition, and son Charles age 10 was uninjured.
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San Angelo
Menard
Texas
A. C. Crisp
Glenda Peth
Charles
No Dull Moments With Family Life
Greenville South Carolina April 20 Deputy Sheriff R Homer Bearden responds to domestic violence calls. At 6 45 p m he handles a man beating a woman then a man beating his family with a hammer by 7 p m he patrols to stop another husband from slugging his wife.
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Greenville
S. C
R. Homer Bearden
Bearden
War tolls: 1947 U S fire losses exceed blitz damages
The article compares American fire losses in 1947 with the bomb damage England suffered in the 1940 41 blitz, noting the U S toll topped one fourth of the European devastation.
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England
Witnesses Say Maragon Paid For Riding Company in Trouble
Government witnesses testified that John Maragon received 1268 dollars in 1946 for aiding the Allied Molasses Co. to reinstate its quota and faced questions over a possible political contribution. Other testimony described efforts to win a ship salvage contract for the Atlantic Marine Salvage Corp. with alleged ties to General Harry H. Vaughan.
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Maragon
Washington
John Maragon
Milwaukee
Harry H. Vaughan
Truman
Molasses Company
Missouri
Congressional
White House
Senate
Agriculture Department
Allied Molasses Co
Perth Amboy
N. J
Harold Ross
The
Milton R. Polland
Ross
FBI
Polland
New York
Atlantic Marine Salvage Corporation of
Maritime Commission
J. ©. Massey
Charles E. Kaufman
Vaughan
Massey
Stephanick
Milwaukee Company
Florida
Student Airman Lands Plane Neatly in Corral
BLACKFOOT Idaho April 20 A student pilot Richard McCarley from Blackfoot Airport returning from Pocatello in darkness mistook cow barn lights for the airport He struck a power line and landed in a 60 by 40 foot corral without damaging any poles Minor damage to the two seat plane and McCarley was unhurt Six men moved the plane from the corral Thursday to keep cows from chewing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackfoot
Idaho
Richard McCarley
Pocatello
McCarley
Corral
Two Wild Gals Can't Do to a Jail
Two 17 year old girls escape from Albuquerque jail after flooding cells and vandalizing walls. They crawled between bars, smuggled hacksaw blades, cut bars and a window hinge, and screamed through the night before being turned over to Oklahoma authorities. The pair had escaped custody earlier and are returned to Girls Town in Tecumseh Oklahoma.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Albuquerque City
Paul A. Shaver
Oklahoma
Tecumseh
Okla
Two perfect cribbage hands in one tournament
In Alanson Michigan Ray Essex captured two perfect hands in a cribbage tournament, an achievement described as remarkable by local players. The report notes cribbage skill and the rarity of a perfect hand in back to back games.
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FBI
Anthony Iraci
Salvatore Salli
Edwin Manning
Buffalo
N. Y
Secret Service
Alanson
Mich
Ray Essex
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Department of Agriculture
Gaines
Guage
Denier
BAYON
Shortie
Rayon
Poplin
Penney
Greg Bautzer
Pia
Italy
Roberto Rosellini
Canada
McKinnon’s
Stemware
Mens Jewelers
Austin
Saucuns
Democratic Party
General Vaughan
Ofice
Atlantic Marine Salvaging Corporation
Optical Service
Texas State Optical
Congress
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