Plan to drive safely this summer amid fatality fears
Keystone Automobile Club warns of the highest highway toll in history unless motorists drive with extreme caution. The Maryland club executive, William J. Merell, urges careful speeds and alertness as millions plan summer travel. He notes the season promises heavy traffic and potential accidents, while stressing duty to members to travel safely. Migrant harvest crews and Maryland farmers discuss mobilizing workers for beans and potatoes, with four camps open in Pocomoke, Allen, Vienna, and Preston. County agents urge contact for hiring migrants.
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Keystone Automobile Club
William J. Merell
Maryland
Keystone
Extension Service
Nystrom
Florida
Pocomoke
Allen
Vienna
Preston
Migrants Expected To Boost Farm Labor In Maryland
Maryland farmers likely gain large migrant help from Florida and the Carolinas as the Emergency Farm Labor program notes migrants will be the main seasonal harvest workers after war labor groups disband. North Carolina camps are full, and information stations report twice as many migrants stopping by May 15. A first wave of about 500 workers is already picking strawberries on Maryland's lower Eastern Shore.
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Florida
Carolinas
Maryland
Paul E. Nystrom
Extension Service
North Carolina
Nystrom
Gross
Wilmington
Little Creek
Virginia
Carolina
Disease spores on the wing to kill Jap beetles
University of Maryland entomologists George Langford and Ernest N. Cory announce a cooperative project using automatic spore dispensers to spread milky disease on Japanese beetle populations. Beetles are lured by bait, then carry spores back to unprotected areas, aiding control across infested lands with ten thousand pounds of dust planned for Maryland this year.
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George Langford
Ernest N. Cory
University of Maryland Entomology Department
Cooperative State Project For
Beetle Control
Maryland
DDT and biological controls cited for Japanese beetle control
Maryland reports 71 000 pounds of beetles captured in traps and notes a factual disease that kills grubs before they die plus plastic wasps releasing eggs to attack grubs. DDT traps cut work by eliminating beetles in a day or two. tests on sprays show good results but safety concerns prevent full recommendation.
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Langford
Maryland
Poison on Food Crops Beetle Protection Duration
Tests on grapevines and other plants show a protective effect against beetles lasting seven days to two weeks. Rainfall amount influences the duration of the protection observed in experiments.
Utility strike averted on Maryland Virginia Delaware shores
Arbitration to resolve wage and benefit disputes for 280 workers across Eastern Shore Public Service Maryland Virginia and Delaware Power and Light ends threat of June 18 service interruption. The three companies and Local Union B1307 IB Electrical Workers nominate a panel including William Moore Jr. and Robert C. Simp. for an arbitration session set to meet June 11.
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Maryland
Virginia
Delaware
Lucien F. Rye
Rye
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
AFL
Eastern Shore Public Service Company
Southern
Delaware Power and Light Company
William S. Moore Jr
Robert C. Simp
Lawyers Named for Arbitration Panel in Union Dispute
Son represents the Companies S J Cristiano and Phil Ferrara represents the Union with Charles J Post serving as impartial chairman.
Delmarva Broiler Growers Vote On End Of OPA Rules
A Maryland Tri County Poultry Association poll from Dover to Accomac shows wide opposition to OPA rules among 1000 growers sent cards. 213 No and 11 Yes on continuing the OPA with no changes, 177 No and 337 Yes on continuing with modifications, and 238 Yes to removing all price controls. Association secretary Melvin Uphoff reports ongoing letter responses. lawmakers faced pressure as Senate panel had already moved to end poultry price controls by June 30, 1946.
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OPA
Maryland
Tri- County Poultry Association
Dover
Del
Accomac
R. B. Pusey
Princess Anne
Asociation
Melvin F. Uphoff
Salisbury
Senate Banking and Finance Committee
Broiler
Senate
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