Wide survey of Pa streams will be made
Harrisburg, Oct 27. A comprehensive survey of all Pennsylvania streams to identify every pollution source will be conducted by the State Health Department under the Sanitary Water Board as part of the Clean Streams program. The $10,000 federal appropriation funds a specially organized unit to gather data and support anti pollution efforts statewide.
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Harrisburg
Bureau of Engineering
State Department of Health
Sanitary Water Board
Pennsylvania Clean Streams Program
Norris W. Vaux
Pennsylvania
Congress
Soviet Firm to Obey 11 5 Registration Law
Russia's Amtorg Trading Corporation said it will register under the foreign agents registration act. Six officials were indicted for failing to register. At a hearing before U S Commissioner Edward Wee the removal of five officials to Washington was debated. they posted $15,000 cash bail each. A sixth official is believed to have returned to Russia. Amtorg counsel Isidore Needleman said the agency will comply with the law.
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New York
Russia
Amtorg ‘Trading Corporation
U.S
Edward Wee
Washington
Isidore G. Needleman
Amtorg
McDonald
Amitorg
Poisons for Rat Control Warn Against Animal Risks
Common rodent poisons threaten other animals when spread where farm animals graze. Red squill is relatively harmless to humans and birds, but committees of subordinate granges plan canvassing areas from now until November 1. The bait costs 40 to 6 per pound, with recommendations of one pound for city dwellings and two to three pounds for farms.
Elver Defined as Young Eel in Inland Biology
A short note explains that a young eel is called an elver, clarifying terminology in ichthyology. The term elver applies to juvenile stages of the eel species commonly observed in rivers and coastal areas.
Honey Output Drops In State
Oct. 27 in Harrisburg the State Department of Agriculture reported the 1949 Pennsylvania honey crop dropped due to hot and dry weather. The output was 6,080,000 pounds, 1,402,000 below 1949, with a forecast of 7,482,000 pounds. The season began with high expectations but bees began consuming their stored surplus.
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Barrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
War ren County Farmers Plan Rat Banquet
Warren county farmers announce a one day rat banquet on November 21 to combat rats described as the most destructive mammal. Conservatively, each farm faces about 50 rats with two thousand farms in the county implying over 100000 rats. The event promotes bait containing red squill as a targeted poison.
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Sobre Evening Journal
RSD
Rome Jn
Warren County
Wartert County
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