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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1951
Page
15
In Pas-de-Calais the 210000 miners enjoy modern housing, health and recreation programs after wartime rebuilding. Despite wide welfare, many miners still want their sons to become white collar workers, preferring private houses with gardens over apartments.
Washington reports a simple detecting device for chigger infestations. Entomologists advise placing black cardboard on the ground to spot yellowish or pinkish mites moving and accumulating at the edge, indicating infestation. Three new insecticides outperform sulphur according to the briefing.
Berlin reports a rodent surge as planners struggle with pest control. Officials note 80 000 mice traps are being made but shortages persist. The piece mentions the farmers association urging oats as a remedy amid rapid gnawing by millions of mice. The electric fan invention by Dr. Schuyler S Wheeler in 1882 is also noted.
The department states chior dane toxaphene and indane are mentioned in the notice. The fragment references chemical names tied to a broader regulatory context. Further details are unreadable in the text.
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