Entomology will lead 1923 boll weevil control drive
Raleigh officials announce a major 1923 campaign by the Agriculture Extension Service to combat the boll weevil. The plan combines standard dust-poison methods with cultural practices and the Florida Method for low yielding lands, plus county meetings in January and February and ongoing farmer visits.
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Raleigh
Division of Entomology
Agricultural Extension Service
Franklin Sherman
W. B. Mabee
Florida
J. ©. Taylor
Boll Wevil Laboratory
United States Bureau of Entomology
Hicker
Salisbury
Washington
Belhaven
Cotton Growers to Get Christmas Checks in North Carolina
North Carolina Cotton Growers' Association will mail more than 3 million dollars in Christmas checks to about 20 000 members next week. The payments cover a second advance of 25 per bale on all cotton delivered before December 1. Distribution from the Raleigh headquarters will continue for several days and all checks should arrive before the holidays.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Poisoned chocolate sent to home secretary
London December 15 The attempt to assassinate Home Secretary W C Bridgeman involved poisoned chocolate mailed to the Home Office. Police found the candy contained arsenic.
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London
Associated Press
Home
W. C. Bridgeman
Better Eyes for All People Movement Gains National Support
The Eye Light Conservation Council of America, with Secretary of Labor Davis, launches Eye Sight Conservation Day in schools across the country. Federal and state officials, professors, engineers, and civic leaders push vision testing in classrooms and factories to reduce costly vision problems. Davis calls aiding childhood a higher duty and teachers are enlisted to test acuity, promising future physical gains for Americans. A note adds a joke about a new comet found by Skjellerup, and overseas veterans tease about kinship.
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New York
Davis
Eye Light Conservation Council of America
Council
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