Beneficial Insects Found to Fight Pests Abroad
In 1928 a seven month Australia tour led to discovery of two species used to control mealybugs and cottony cushion scale. Trips to North Africa India and China sought enemies of red and black scale. South America and South Africa later yielded enemies of the red and black scale. Every pest has its natural enemy which can be propagated and used successfully on the side of mankind.
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Australia
North Africa
India
China
California May Import Bugs In Its War On Citrus Pests
Harold Compere of the University of California citrus station and his wife Joan depart from San Pedro for Africa on a two year mission to seek parasites to combat red scale and red spiders threatening California citrus. They will travel via Capetown and Kenya to Mombasa, using South African laboratories and United States testing to propagate parasites. The expedition is funded by the university's agricultural research program.
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Riverside
Cal
Africa
Harold Compere
University of California Citrus Experiment Station
Joan
San Pedro
Radin
Capetown
Union of South Africa
Kenya
Mombasa
Harry S. Smith
South Africa
California
Dr. Smith
China
Pilot's Wife Follows Husband By Radio
Cleveland brief notes how air line pilots’ wives track husbands by short wave radio. Mae Jenkins, wife of Capt Jack Jenkins who flies American Airlines Cleveland to Nashville three times weekly, keeps supper ready and slippers out. She monitors his position reports from home.
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Jack Jenkins
San American Airlines
Cleveland
Nashville
Daily quake lore and cautious energy release in Japan
The piece notes that mild daily tremors in Japan are viewed as safety valves for subterranean energy. It contrasts this with anxiety if no quake is felt, linking tremors to managing pent-up energy beneath the islands. The text also briefly mentions Europe and a hockey reference from the 16th century.
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South America
Congress
House Un-American Activities Committee
American Communist Party
Communist Executive Committee
Moscow
Latin America
MUI
Harris
Rair
Harris’ . Y
Ion Hockey
Europe
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