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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1949
Page
5
A U S Public Health Service team reports DDT dust acts as a rat killer in typhus control tests. In a 20 by 100 foot building, 119 rats were observed as 24 died or were dying within three weeks, with autopsies confirming DDT as the lethal agent.
Earl Baxser of Mansfield, postmaster at this town, was elected vice president of the Ohio Branch National League of District Postmasters at a recent convention held in Mansfield.
Western Berlin railway workers voted six to one to continue their strike rather than accept Soviet threats of reprisals. The 14,000 strikers seek West marks wages and recognition of their anti-Communist union, halting rail and elevated transit, with millions affected as trains and freight are disrupted.
Robert Marriott advertising manager for the Climalene Co. will address the North Canton Rotary Club Thursday June 23 at 6 30 p m in the Community building. His speech Television and Its Importance to Advertising will be illustrated by pictures.
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