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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1953

Page

5

Pest Horde Rampaging Through East and Dixie

In a widespread outbreak the army worm and tent caterpillar infestations surge from the east coast to the Mississippi. State and federal agencies report heavy damage, with Maryland, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Tennessee hardest hit.

East and Dixie Associated Press U. S. Department of Agriculture Mississippi Watertown N. C Minnesota Westfield N.Y Illinois Indiana Ohio Missouri West Virginia Kentucky Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia Louisiana Ternnessee New Jersey New York Wisconsin Washington Georgia Maine Tennessee South Ilinois Paris Green Samson R. Dutky Agriculture Department Beltsville, Md Beltsville

Floods in Kwangtung Endanger Rice Lands

In China’s Kwangtung Province three rivers overflowed wrecking crops and flooding up to 30 percent of rich rice lands. Canton reports say rail bridges washed out near Shekiung and a state of emergency is in effect as refugees relocate to relatives in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong China Kwangtung South China Canton Shekiung Red China America Anhwei Yangtze River Hwai Hwai River Choyang

SOP Chiefs OK Delaying Taft-Hartley Revision

Republican leaders plan to defer revision of the Taft-Hartley Act until next year. Senate labor committee Chairman H Alexander Smith and Taft of Ohio expect to seek committee accord on a revision bill, but see no urgent need to act this year. Both unions and management reportedly prefer keeping the current law.

Washington H. Alexander Smith Senate Labor Committee Smith Taft Ohio Senate

Cloak-and-Dagger Tale of Russian Poison Gas Formulas

Col Alius L Amoss former OSS officer outlines a Russian made poison gas story. He says three formulas Tabun Suman Surin provide chemical composition details. The formulas were obtained by a German scientist in Berlin and passed to ISI headquarters in Baltimore via a spy network.

U. S Baltimore United States Alius L. Amoss Air Force East Europe Office of Strategic Services Col. Amoss Amoss Informa ISI Dete ‘Tion IST Headquart Tabun Suman Surin

Youths Arrested on Pike for Chloral Hydrate Possession

Three Antioch youths Edwin Carroll Eugene Coffer and Tony Anthony Aguirags were arrested Thursday night in the 200 block of West Pike for possession of chloral hydrate a sedative known as knockout drops. They allege they obtained the substance in Tijuana.

Ssed Youins Edwin Carroll Eugene Coffer Tony Anthony Aguirags Antioch W. Pike Tijuana

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