War on spruce budworm looms in Pacific Northwest forests
A U S Forest Service led effort to spray budworm infestations in western Oregon uses aerial DDT application. Contractors will cover 161 000 acres last spring and up to 905 000 acres this spring depending on weather. Sprays cost about 1 to 1 20 per acre with plane pilots flying at treetop level to deliver three quarts of spray fuel oil solvent and DDT. The effort aims to protect timber while cautioning against ecological harm in Canada where budworm threatens vast forest reserves.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Robert L. Furniss
United States Forest Service
State of Oregon
Canada
New England
U.S
Dominion
Weather unsettled for picnic day forecast
Johnny hustles for the evening paper as his mother asks about the forecast. The reply shows the forecast is undecided with the word unsettled, hinting at uncertain picnic plans tomorrow.
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Johnny
Sentimental Record Pattern T7451 for wedding memento
A sampler memory for wed ding day with names and date embroidered in handwriting. Pattern T7451 described with transfer size and easy instructions for crochet and knitting. Send twenty five cents and write name address and pattern number to Household Arts Department. The Pacific Ocean level at the Isthmus of Panama is about eight inches higher than the Atlantic.
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Household Arts Department
Pacific Ocean
Panama
Atlantic
Try and Stop Me in Court and Club Crises
In a London courtroom a witness declares honesty while Justice Maule mocks the claim. A murder trial features a defendant who vows to plead his own case but is told he will be hanged for doing so. Groucho Marx quits an old theatrical club over its election of him, citing disdain for the membership.
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London
Justice Maule
Maule
Groucho Marx
More Skin Cancer Among Blue Eyed
CHICAGO. A California doctor reports blue eyed persons are more prone to sun caused skin cancer than brown eyed individuals. Dr. A Fletcher Hall notes blue eyed children of blue eyed parents show highest susceptibility while brown eyed children of brown eyed parents are nearly immune. He adds Irish Scotch English and blue eyed North European ancestry areas are likely at risk. sunlight is less relevant for Negro Oriental Mexican and Mediterranean groups.
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Chicago
California
A. Fletcher Hall
Graduate School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Tan With Care Too Much Sun Is Dangerous
Summer heat invites excess sun exposure and heat illness. Stay in shade, wear light clothing, and keep cool with air circulation and fans. Drink ample water with salt to replace lost fluids and electrolytes, about 8 to 12 glasses daily. Maintain healthy habits and avoid overexertion and overeating.
Canadian Firm Reports ACTH From Beef Pituitary
Frank W. Horner Limited announces first extraction of ACTH from cattle glands with beef pituitary proving equal in quality to hog sources. Processing is more complex and costly, but cattle glands could greatly increase supplies for medical research and potential synthetic production may follow.
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Frank W. Horner Limited
Montreal
United States
Horner Laboratory
Canada Packers Limited
Leonard Mitchell
Horner
Hans Selye
Mayo Clinic
National Research Council
Mitchell
U. of California
Pituitary
Frank W. Horner
Research Limited
Nso
Lucien Delcourt
Horner Laboratories
Tips for Household Cleaning and Food Prep
Helpful hints describe stopping drawer squeaks with soap or wax on the drawer and glide. Methods to remove burned food from aluminum utensils include a wooden spoon or celluloid scraper, then soaking in water with oxalic crystals and boiling five minutes. Fillets are handled with cheesecloth to prevent breakage and reuse the cloth after rinsing. Clean gold and silver jewelry with castile soap and an old toothbrush, then dry in sawdust. A gold or silver chain cleans in warm castile suds with whiting, then shook and rinsed.
Barbering dispute ends with a fine in Superior case
In Superior Wisconsin Harry Griffin claimed he believed he was being clipped so he walked off with the instrument used for the job. He told Judge Claude Cooper that paying $1 for a haircut seemed steep unless it included the barber’s clippers. Griffin was fined $50.
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Wis
Harry Griffin
Claude Cooper
Griffin
New FlyShooing Idea Captivates Richmond Citizens
The U S Department of Agriculture weighs a new method to deter flies after Mrs. C S Gilbert of Richmond Va attached cotton wads to screen doors in a bid to end a summer fly invasion The procedure spread through town boosting cotton sales and drawing entomology attention with theories that flies dislike white cotton Fabrics in doors may have reduced insect presence with limited scientific backing
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C. S. Gilbert
Richmond
F. X. Thompson
Gilbert
Washington
Department of
Charles F. Brannan
Agriculture
Canadians Travel Bureau Sees Surge in Inquiries
Ottawa reports a strong rise in travel interest with 188210 individual inquiries in four months of 1950, up 19 percent from 1949. The peak day reached 3957 requests on March 13 and April averaged 3144 inquiries daily.
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Ottawa
Canada
Federal Tourist Agency
Couples Tell Fibs To Marry In Church
London report says couples use false addresses to wed at St. Giles Church Camberwell to gain photogenic backgrounds while neighboring churches were bombed. Rev H F Bishop notes clergy law requires residency in parish and admits he rarely learns of false addresses before the marriage.
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Fibs
London
Camberwell
St. Giles
H. F. Bishop
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Bennett Cerf
Central Press
Greece
Nicholas Plastiras
Paris
Gen. Plastiras
France
European Council
Department of Agriculture
Travel Bureau
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