Vedalia Beetle Helps Fight Citrus Scale Worldwide
Riverside Calif reports the Vedalia beetle curbed the cottony cushion scale on Samoa citrus trees after 50 live beetles were shipped from the University of California Citrus Experiment Station. Since 1890 the beetle has been distributed to 65 countries to combat the scale.
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Riverside
Calif
University of California Citrus Experiment Station
Samoan Islands
Curtis P. Clausen
Division of Biological Control
Clausen
Ethiopians Believed to Be World’s Greatest Kissers
Cairo reports a visiting observer found Ethiopians widely practicing kissing in many forms from cheek to close contact on church walls and even pavement. Foreign doctors warn such habits may spread syphilis which is already widespread in Ethiopia.
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Ethiopia
Cairo
Symbol Painted to Mark Former Du Quoin Airport
In Du Quoin Illinois state painters two months after the airport’s closure on May 1 painted a large yellow and green symbol atop a building pointing toward the former airfield. The marker is visible from Centralia and nearby areas.
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Centralia
Orucial Ilinois
du Quoin
August Sale Offers Fine Furs At Discount Prices
A dealer advertises an August sale featuring northern back muskrat, sheared raccoon, brown dyed Persian lamb and flank muskrat at discounted sale prices.
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Vedalia Bootle
Queers University
New York
Alfred Politz Research Organization
Kingston
Canada
Adelaide Hall
New
Fur
Orly
Chappell’s Coats
America
Chappell's Fur Selon
Chappell’s
Bere
Juilliard
Astranda
Penzba
Juillard
Alora
Forstwein
Nuralge
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