Poison 1080: Polish Find Becomes Effective Rodenticide
The hunt for a deadly gas by Polish chemists led to 1080, a fluoracetate salt now acclaimed as a potent, stable rodenticide. In U S tests it killed rats rapidly, remained toxic when mixed, and attracted rats, prompting large scale field trials and OSRD funding for production and distribution.
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Poland
England
United States
U. S
Fish and Wildlife Service
Office of Scientific Research and Development
OSRD
Ray Treichler
Treichler
Walter Kirner
National Defense Research Council
Patuxent, Md
Public Health Service
Army
Navy
Veterans Digest GI Bill Limits and ASTP NCTP Credits
Veterans discuss GI Bill credits for ASTP and NCTP programs and VA interpretations. Questions cover voting rights after bad conduct discharge, readjustment allowances for self employed veterans, education eligibility for interrupted service, and changes to surplus property purchase limits under Regulation 7.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Navy
U. S
Truley
Okla
P. W
Newark
How to date in school the right way
A guide for girls on dating etiquette focusing on home life, self respect, and courteous behavior. It advises avoiding the soda shop as a dating strategy, valuing manners, parental respect, sincere compliments, and participating in school activities to attract and retain dates.
Peterson's Ointment Offers Quick Eczema Relief
A simple way to ease itching from eczema pimples and skin irritations is applying Peterson's Ointment to affected parts. It relieves itching promptly and improves skin. Also soothing for tired feet and cracks between toes. Sold by all druggists with a money back guarantee if not delighted.
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Peterson
Truman Trims White House Calling List Amid Crises
President Truman reduces his daily engagements to four to focus on home front issues and advancing administration leadership. He will hold talks on labor management, atomic energy planning with Attlee and Mackenzie King, and far eastern advisory commission reports amid Soviet absence.
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White House
Washington
Ifford W. Gaylord
St. Louis
Labor Management Conference
Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
George C. Marshall
Chrismas Seal
Wayne C. Taylor
Preston Lane
Democratic National Committee
Adjutants General Association
Attlee
Great Britain
Mackenzie King
Canada
Far Eastern Advisory Commission
Soviet Russia
November Birthstone and Language of Health
The item lists November birthstone as top fact and recalls four inoculations used in wartime and then shifts to wordplay and etiquette tips along with a horoscope warning about a potential argument and suggests avoiding petty conflicts to preserve balance.
Overseas officers and the brass battle in Tokyo
A Tokyo dispatch critiques overzealous clerical errors and brass-bound petty disputes among American officers. It notes a secretary buying four barrels of fish by mistake, Army radio quarrels among colonels, and the clash of rank with reality as duty shifts from combat to peacetime administration.
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Tokyo
Ward W. Ward
New Orleans
Ward
Brotherhood of Man
Gra
Breckinridge Brothers Miss Reunion as Ernest Delays Plane
Ernest Campbell, a pharmacist's mate, on a Marshall Islands layover wrote his parents that he missed a reunion with his Seabee brother Ralph while awaiting fuel. The Breckinridge pair, Ern st and Ralph Campbell, are identified as the siblings.
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Beckinridge
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Breckinridge
Ernst
Ralph Campbell
Pacific
Ernest
Marshall Group
One Minute Test Answers 1 The Topaz
The list cites The Topaz as item one. Item two covers diseases including typhoid smallpox tetanus and yellow fever. Item three names a Committee and a bookkeeping whippoorwill among others.
Portland couple wed in private Justice of Peace ceremony
Justice of Peace Cleo Brown conducted a private marriage after the bridegroom claimed his relatives insisted on the ceremony. Brown recently united a bride with her mother and grandmother from the groom’s family, signaling a special family tradition.
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Popa Stevenson
Wash
Justice of Peace
Cleo Brown
Portland
Justice Brown
Brown
Robert C. Jacob
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