Insects and humans clash in a yearbook of bug lore
Washington reports experts assess insects as a vast, evolving menace in a department yearbook. Musically famed Emanuel List performs in Vienna satire on insect world, while Brannan and Sabrosky discuss costs, reproduction, and potential eradication limits amid advances and setbacks in pest control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Emanuel List
New York
Metropolitan Opera
Robert E. Geiger
Washington
Tony
Franz Schubert
China
Simi
Verdi
Simone Boccanegra
Africa
France
Spain
Lair
Charles F. Brannan
United States
Earth
Curtis Sabrosky
Sabrosky
Radio Hams Fail to Break Iron Curtain Silence
San Diego radio amateurs recount attempts to contact Russia after a July shutdown marked by censorship. They describe former easy access, the shift to limited, state controlled communications, and the stark portraits on Russian calling cards while noting the loss of a peaceful link between nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron Curtain
Russia
United States
San Diego
California
Dick Shanks
Shanks
Lee Sheridan
Frank Kemper
Moscow
Dynamo
A. 5
Popov
Morocco independence struggle persists under French protectorate
Casablanca reports on Moroccans seeking self rule while France maintains a 1912 protectorate. US favors local autonomy but aids French led Rabat administration with US consular courts. Economic disparity, literacy gaps, and European control of land and media fuel ongoing tensions among Arabs and Berbers.
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Harry Land
Central Press
Casablanca
Africa
California
France
United States
Morocco
Fez
Rabat
Guillaume
Independence Party
United Nations
Arab League
England
Independence
Isthqlal
Medina
Merce
Istligist
State Department
Paonte
Soviet TV Expands Networks Across USSR
Edd,y Gemoee reports from Moscow on a major expansion program. The Moscow station streams daily 8 p.m. programming including news reels, documentaries, Bolshoi theatre telecasts, and stage productions. Children’s shows and animated fairy tale cartoons lead Sunday afternoons, with licenses and fees funds aiding system growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Py Eddy Gemoee
Moscow
Soviet Union
Sheen
Bolshoi Theatre
Iarn
Local Classified Ads Mix of Services and Wants
A dense ad page lists loans with Regulation X cancellation and long term insurance loans, optician services, bookkeeping, radio and TV repair, plumbing, upholstery, moving services, and several Wanted to Buy notices. Includes driving school and various local business contacts and dials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.B. Thomas
H.C. Finzer
Main St
Dial
RODAR
Virgil's
B. £. Silverman
Raleigh County Bank
Weight
Crab Orchard
Sophia Plumbing
Sophia
Vance Drive
Frank Breeding
Crab Irehard
Joan W.eye
Weville ST
Whlaus & Page Co
Lewis Transfer
Valley Drive
Coop
Carolina
Ball Lumber. Co
Hinton
W.va
United States
Beckley
W. Way
Rangoon Faces Soviet Propaganda Surge in Burma
In Rangoon Burma the neutral capital becomes a Soviet propaganda hub with bookstalls showing Stalin and Mao literature. The city hosts Russian films at King Theater funded by the Soviet Embassy while CFA works to counter by funding anti-Communist books films and student activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hewett
Rangoon
Burma
Southeast Asia
Stalin
Mao Tze-tung
King Theater
Rangoon University
China
United States
United Staes Informaton Servce
USIS
Appre
America
Soviet Union
Committee For Free Asia
Asian
U. S
CFA
CPA
Birth Control Weed Studied by London Scientist
A London fertility expert, Dr B P Wiesner, identifies Gromwell or Gray Miller as a weed drinkable like coffee with potential as a birth control. He reports mice tests were effective and three humans showed no ill effects, while Indian lore suggests related roots may affect fertility temporarily. The report links to Shoshone usage and notes cautious optimism about safety and efficacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
B. P. Wiesner
Gromwell
Gray Miller
Wiesner
Sandwiches of Death in Mexican Street Food Markets
Emil Zubryn warns the poor of Mexico face cheaper yet deadlier street foods tacos tortas and other sandwiches sold by vendors and outdoor eateries. Prices range from 10 to 50 centavos while sanitation lags and food poisoning deaths are reported. waste-fed tacos remain a persistent danger despite health efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Zubryn
Central Press
Mexico
Funeral for Fred M Wattles Held in Croton on Hudson
Fred M Wattles age 70 of 11 3 Main Street died 2 45 am Sunday October 29 in a local hospital. Body moved from Caffee Funeral Home to Prince W Va to Croton on the Hudson for shipment. Services at Leach and Thomas Funeral Home with burial in Croton Cemetery. Cards of Thanks from the family of Mrs Bertha Redden thank Rev Garten Rev Foster Shady Spring quartet Wilma Emerson Calfee Funeral Home Raleigh General Hospital staff and donors.
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Wattles Wattles
Fred M
Main Street
Prince
W. Va
Croton
Hudson
New York
Leach
Thomas
Caffee Funeral Home
Bertha Redden
L. A. Garten
Roy Foster
Shady Spring
Wilma Emerson
Calfee Funeral Home
Raleigh General Hospital
Paul Askew
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U.S
North America
Pliny
India
Edwin Way Teale
Jobny
Teale
Clay Lyle
Mississippi State College School of Agriculture
Lyle
Brannan
Ruth Mulvey
Cal
Prague
Nasete
Middle East
Raleigh Register
Foster Hardware
Fall Mountain
W. James
Munsey
Princeton
Bill Hessel
Jim Huffman
Piney View
State OF
West Virginia
Circuit Court
Raleigh County
Floyd H. Brooks
Mae Brooks
van Hunter
J. S. Butts
R.R
Webb
Orehard
Bradley
Montgomery Ward
Beckley Marietta Paint Co
South Oakwood Ave
Sanders
Mit
Nash Campbell
Bilal
W. E. Harvey
Vergil Clark
Hendrick
Elwood Hatfield
Milton Young
del Mar R Beauty Shop
Reville St
Lovitz Television
Breckley
Oak Hill
Mount Hope
Southern
Auto Club Beckley Motel
Beckley Glass Co
Alex N. Breckinridge
North Ockwood Free
Locas General Tire, Inc
Neville Street
Tet Fabulon
Gaeulgy I
Omn
Foster Hardware CO
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