Wonder drug streptomycin fights plant bacteria
University of California researchers report streptomycin can disinfect seeds to prevent bacterial diseases in crops. Dr. Peter A. Ark found soaking cucumber tomato barley oat and sunflower seeds in dilute drug solution for up to 24 hours disinfects blight canker soft rot and other bacteria while keeping seeds viable. He notes potential for economical field methods and cheaper versions of the drug for seed treatment.
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University of Califor Tia
Peter A. Ark
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Trustee Harry L Smilyton Named To Scripps Board
Claremont August 12 Ma Frederick Hatch president of Scripps College announced the election of Harry L Smilyton La Jolla former newspaper executive and executive agent for the Edward W Scripps Trust to the board of trustees.
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Frederick Hatch
O Scripps Collige Today
Harry L. Smilyton
Jolla
Edward W. Scripps Trust
Largest Palomar Telescope Nears First Light This Fall
Pasadena August reports the Palomar Mountain 200 inch telescope nearing use this fall. A $6 million project, the 500 ton instrument awaits final control installations and testing after mirror polishing nearly complete. If ground or transit damage occurs, replacement could take years.
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Palomar Mountains
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Tidelands Ruling Resistance Urged
GREAT FALLS Montana August 22 Governor Beauwlord Jester of Texas urged the Interstate Compact Commission to oppose the Supreme Court tidelands decision and back congressional action to renounce federal powers over submerged land. He warned the ruling could nationalize oil and gas and urged a state rights stand with about 250 delegates attending.
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Compact Commission
Texas
Supreme Court
Jester
Sam ©. Ford
Montana
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Blockades Upheld by Los Angeles Judge
Superior Judge Henry M Willis ruled police roadblocks stopping and searching vehicles do not violate the constitution The American Civil Liberties Union had sought to halt them contending they were unreasonable The judge upheld the citys demurrer noting officers have the right to conduct blockades Assistant Chief Reed said blockades correlated with a drop in crime in affected areas over six months of periodic use.
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Henry M
Willis
American Civil Liberties Union
Joseph Reed
Man Admits Grisly Killing in Detroit Police Confession
Harold Treaks, 50, confessed to killing his wife Ivy Jean Treaks, 20, and dismembering her body into five pieces. Detroit police said he gave a verbal statement after about 11 hours of questioning, admitting the fatal blow occurred last Saturday. Police found the dismembered body in three sections and recovered a blood soaked bundle in a Third Avenue alley.
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Marvin Lane
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Ivy Jean Treak
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Treaks
Injured Movie Man Ernie Mitchens Plans Return to Film
Hollywood actor Ernie Mitchens, famed for the heavyweight role in the film Harpoon, suffered a jaw fracture after a fall at an abandoned Kodiak Island whaling station. He was flown here for medical treatment by a specialist and expected to return to the movie capital for further care.
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Kodiak
Hollywood
Ernie Mitchens
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Port Hobran
Deep-zone Dolley No. 2 well boosts Signal Hill output
Shell Oil Co reports the Dolley No. 2 deep horizon well near Signal Hill produced at 800 barrels daily initially with oil gravity 30.6 and a restricted choke, as Gulf states and local firms expand testing across the area. Hancock Oil, Irvine interests, and others stake nearby blocks while California residents face lease activity and pending tests in the Dolley zone.
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Long Beach
Hancock
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Dolley Milling
Los Angeles Hopes to Host 1948 Democratic Convention
Los Angeles, Aug 12. City hopes to host the 1948 Democratic national convention. Thomas P. Scully, organizer of the Truman for President committee, said he discussed the subject with Postmaster General Robert Hannegan and Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson during their visit last week. A Pacific coast city was expected to be chosen.
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Los Angeles
Thomas P. Scully
Robert Hannegan
Clinton
P. Anderson
Pacific Coast
Brazil’s Raul Fernandes Seen As Likely Head Of Inter-American Conference
Raul Fernandes Brazil’s foreign minister is anticipated to preside at the opening of the inter American conference on continental peace and security. A veteran internationalist scholar with a blunt honesty he has long shaped Brazil’s foreign policy and has held key posts since 1919.
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Presido Dent
Brazil
Raul Fernandes
Hotel Quitandinha
Fernandes
Oflen
Getulio Vargas
Vargas
National Democratic Union
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Western Hemisphere mutual defense talks open in Rio
Delegates arrive in Rio de Janeiro for an inter-American conference of foreign ministers to draft a mutual defense treaty for the Western Hemisphere. optimism runs high that the meeting will bolster the United Nations and world peace, with 20 republics expected for the inaugural address by Brazil's President Dulio. A representative from Nicaragua contests exclusion from Pan American affairs.
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United States
Argentina
Juan A. Bramagna
George C. Marshall
Eurico Gaspar Dulia
Quitandinha
Nicaragua
Recruits Urged to Enlist for European Occupation Forces
The local United States Army recruiting station announced that a limited number of veterans may enlist or reenlist for occupation forces in Europe. Open to Army Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard veterans of third grade or below for three four or five year terms with benefits including higher pay and advancement. Interviews offered at Jergins Trust Building 2B Pine Ave between 8 am and 6 pm.
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Europe
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Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Jergins Trust
Pine Ave
Ex ambassador Obata Dies in Japan at 75
TOKYO August 12 VE Torikichi Obata longtime former ambassador to Germany died Saturday at his home in Kagenuma Kanagawa prefecture at age 75.
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Torikichi Obata
Germany
Kagenuma
Kanagawa Prefecture
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